Polish-speaking “Hidden Jews” have a new way of connecting to their heritage. Shavei Israel is launching a weekly “mini-yeshiva” to be taught entirely online by Rabbi Yitzhak Rapoport. The new online service is intended for Polish Jews not living near one of the main Shavei...
Purim is coming and Shavei Israel has just published a new booklet on the holiday for Spanish-speaking Bnei Anousim. The new guide includes articles about the holiday and its laws, as well as the full Scroll of Esther, that is read in synagogue during...
The Jerusalem Post has a report on Immigration and Absorption Minister Sofa Landver who on Sunday during an interview with Israel Radio pledged to promote the aliyah of members of the Russian Subbotnik community...
The Bnei Anousim community in Cartagena, Colombia, has a new Sefer Torah (Torah scroll). Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund and Shavei Educational Director Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum visited Cartagena for a festive dedication ceremony, which took place in February....
Shavei Israel’s emissary to southern Italy and Sicily, Rabbi Pinchas Punturello , recently organized a weekend Shabbaton for Bnei Anousim in the area. Some 20 people gathered in the town of Brindisi, the capital of the province of the same name. Participants spent the weekend...
Political unrest in Ukraine intensified over the last week. With thousands taking to the street to protest the government, the Jewish community in Ukraine, which numbers around 200,000 members, has been caught in the middle of the anti-government protests. Shavei Israel has worked closely...
One of the fastest growing and increasingly popular professions for the Bnei Menashe is working as a bus driver. There are already 10 members of the community working for Egged (Israel’s national bus network) along with several smaller, local transportation companies. Tuvia Kipgen has...
El Rabino Isaac Aboud de México, ha llegado hace una semana a El Salvador como emisario de Shavei Israel. Ha brindado clases de Torá, oficiado servicios religiosos, pasado un shabatón con ellos y aquí compartimos las fotos de este hermoso encuentro. Que sea un shiduj...
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On Thursday, January 16, 2014, another 40 Bnei Menashe made aliyah from the Indian state of Mizoram. They will be followed by another 40 the following week on January 23, and 40 more on January 30. That's a total of 120 new immigrants who...
