Here's a selection of pictures taken from this year's Purim celebrations with the Bnei Anousim in Belmonte, Portugal, with Shavei Israel's emissary Rabbi Elisha Salas. [nggallery id=225]Aquí les traemos una selección de fotos de la celebración de Purim del emisario de Shavei Israel, el Rabino Elisha Salas, junto...
Purim in Katowice, Poland was particularly festive this year with Shavei Israel's emissary Rabbi Yehoshua Ellis at the helm. Here are a selection of pictures, including dance performances, reading of the megillah (the Scroll of Esther), a festive meal and flock of fanciful costumes. [nggallery id=224] La...
Israeli student Eran Barzilay visited Kaifeng, China, during the High Holy Days in 2012. He was accompanied during some of his trip by Gideon and Shuli Elazar, an Israeli family from Tekoa. The Elazars celebrated the Sukkot holiday in Kaifeng and Gideon taught some classes...
El 27 de enero se conmemoró el día internacional del holocausto. La municipalidad de Belmonte, junto con Shavei Israel, la comunidad judía y otras organizaciones, realizaron un evento conmemorativo, durante el cual se homenajeó a Irena Sendler, justa de la humanidad, quién salvó a miles...
El Rabino Elisha Salas festejó la festividad de Tu Bishvat con el grupo de anusim de los Judeus Lusos, realizando las plantaciones tradicionales del día, en la localidad de Belmonte, ¡y a pesar de la lluvia! Aquí les traemos las fotos [nggallery id=215] ...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund and Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum, Shavei’s Educational Director, returned last week from a visit to Kehilat Yosef Chaim, a unique community of Bnei Anousim in Santiago, Chile. The group consists of about 35 people, many of whom have been practicing Judaism...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund and Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum, Shavei’s Educational Director, returned last week from a visit to Kehilat Yosef Chaim, a unique community of Bnei Anousim in Santiago, Chile. Here are some pictures. [nggallery id=214] And here are a couple of videos taken during the...
[caption id="attachment_10615" align="alignnone" width="413"] Nathaniel Haokip (second from left) with family[/caption] Nathaniel (Ngamkholun) Haokip, 55, recently made aliyah from Manipur with his wife and three of his five children. But a serious illness almost took him from this world before he would be able to see...
[caption id="attachment_10612" align="alignleft" width="242"] Leah Singson[/caption] Leah Kimtinchong Singson, 68, is part of the Bnei Menashe group that made aliyah with Shavei Israel’s help in early 2013. Growing up, Leah’s father was known as Thiempu – it means “priest” in Kuki – and he served in...
El shabat pasado, parashat Itró, tuvo lugar un espléndido seminario de Shavei Israel en Palma de Mallorca, en el cual participaron alrededor de 50 personas de todo España. El seminario contó con la participación especial del Rabino Moshé Ben Dahán de Madrid y finalizó con...
