Shavei Israel recently published the first comprehensive prayer book for the Bnei Menashe. A version of Psalms in Kuki is coming out, and the Bnei Menashe have various short booklets for use on holidays and for specific celebrations. But the community has thus far been...
Earlier this year, we shared with you the story of Yonatan Haokip, a young Bnei Menashe who has been single-handedly translating the entire book of Psalms into the Bnei Menashe language of Kuki. Now we have more news to share – and it reads well...
The first ever yeshiva specifically for Bnei Anousim in Colombia has opened with 10 youngsters enrolled from the cities of Bogota, Medellin and Cucuta. 100 people attended the grand opening in the presence of Colombia's Chief Rabbi Alfredo Goldschmidt. We have pictures....
The Bnei Menashe in India? The descendants of the Anousim in Spain? The Levi family who turned into Li in Kaifeng, China? Read Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv's take on Shavei Israel in this insightful profile of Founder and Chairman Michael Freund, as part of the "100...
Colombian Jewish businessman Jack Goldstein has traveled the world for work and pleasure, from Ecuador to Ethiopia, Brazil to Burma. And in every place he visits, however far off the beaten track, he makes a point of seeking out something Jewish. But his greatest Jewish...
Visit our exclusive gallery of photos from the bar mitzvah of Mariusz Aoflko at the Western Wall. An emotional journey from Poland to Jerusalem!...
Mariusz Aoflko grew up Catholic in Poland. He discovered his heritage from his dying mother 13 years ago. The revelation changed his life. Last week, he was in Jersualem to celebrate his bar mitzvah at the Western Wall. Here's the story....
Fabian Spagnoli doesn’t know why the man in the small shop in Spain said it. Spagnoli had gone in to buy a new blanket for his bed. Instead, the man looked at him and told him straight out, “You are a Jew.” Spagnoli and the...
When Rabbi Pinchas (Pierpaolo) Punturello’s grandfather died in Naples, Italy, his father’s Catholic family covered all the mirrors in the house where visitors came to pay their respects. Rabbi Punturello was very young at the time and didn’t pay much attention. But that act...
