He likes hamburgers and schnitzel; she prefers spicy curries. He’s a Sabra who grew up on a small moshav and she spent her first 20 years in the remote Indian state of Manipur and could only dream of what life might be like in the...
The Jerusalem Post interviews Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund about the government's decision to allow 899 Bnei Menashe from Mizoram to make aliyah in the coming months....
Shavei Israel is continuing its series of “cultural conferences” for Cheutas in Palma de Mallorca. The most recent seminar took place on Thursday, October 17 with special guest speaker Kfir Shahar flying in from Israel. ...
On Sunday morning, the Government of Israel unanimously passed a resolution allowing Shavei Israel to bring 899 Bnei Menashe from India to Israel. The government action means that Shavei Israel’s planning for the next wave of Bnei Menashe aliyah is now kicking into high gear....
A group of 10 people from southern Italy – including both Bnei Anousim and members of the Jewish community of Naples – were in Israel for 10 days over the summer for a special seminar co-sponsored by Shavei Israel. We have pictures and a video.Este...
[caption id="attachment_12255" align="alignleft" width="300"] Synagogue in Surabaya, Indonesia before it was destroyed[/caption] The surprising history of Jews in Indonesia returned to the news recently with the disclosure that the last remaining synagogue in the world’s largest Muslim country was destroyed in early 2013. According to a...
At the conclusion of the holiday of Sukkot, we have a fabulous tour of some of the most creative temporary "booths" built for the festival - direct from India. Check out these beautiful sukkot built by the Bnei Menashe in the villages of Matiyang, Tuibong,...
The rabbi didn’t know what to make of Genie Milgrom. She had placed on the table before him reams of documentation going back hundreds of years, all demonstrating what she hoped would be incontrovertible proof that her family’s ancestors in Spain were Bnei Anousim. There...
It is a heavenly irony that, no matter what the temperature on the days before Yom Kippur, when the actual Day of Atonement arrives, it will be unseasonably hot. It was that way this year in Israel and it was even more so in India,...
