Jews have lived in the Silesia region of Poland for hundreds of years. In the mid 1700’s, a Jewish entrepreneur, Salomon Isaac, became one of the founders of the Upper Silesian mining and metallurgical industries. A synagogue in Tarnowskie Góry was established in 1864; it was burned to...
The Jewish community of Belmonte, Portugal, is ready for Sukkot as well. In the capable hands of Shavei Israel's emissary to the region, Rabbi Elisha Salas, a beautiful new sukka has been built, ready to hear the festival evening Kiddush on Wednesday night. Here are...
In an open air plaza, on the very spot where a synagogue once stood in the Polish town of Tarnowskie Góry, two proud Jewish women conducted a workshop on kosher food and Jewish cooking. The women are two of the three residents of Shavei Israel’s...
Last Thursday, on the eve of Yom Kippur, the first in a new series of four seminars sponsored by Shavei Israel for Cheutas in Palma de Mallorca took place. 50 people from the Palma region, mostly Jews and Chuetas attended the seminar, which featured...
As the 94 Bnei Menashe men and women returned to their hometowns and families, following a 50-hour cross-country journey by bus and after already having been away for nearly a month, the Rosh Hashana holiday was quickly approaching. But rather than take even a moment...
94 Bnei Menashe Fellows completed a 25 day training course in the remote Indian state of Sikkim. The course was sponsored by Shavei Israel to train the "next generation" of Fellows, who will soon be replacing the current group which is making aliyah. Here are...
Azriel and Mayian Hmar have a comfortable life in the city of Aizawl in the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram, Azriel, 45, is a high-level government employee and a leader in the Bnei Menahse community there. His wife, Mayian, teaches Jewish subjects and their children...
Shavei Israel’s annual summer seminar for young Polish Jews in Israel has just concluded. We put together a short video to give you a taste of the program. Includes interviews with two of the participants, background from Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund, and scenes from...
Shavei Israel's annual summer seminar for young Polish Jews in Israel is now in its second week. The 16 participants have traveled the country, spent Shabbat with families, learned Hebrew and reconnected with their Jewish roots. Here are a few photos taken of the group...
Earlier this year, we reported on the emotional return to Judaism and re-marriage of Gila and Ariel Arditi, a Bnei Anousim couple originally from Colombia and now living in Israel. We now have put together a short video documentary that tells the Arditi's inspirational story...
