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Encuentro con el grupo Judeus Lusos en el último día de jánuka
El Rabino Elisha Salas, se reunió con el Grupo Judeus Lusos - descendientes de anusim en Portugal - en un encuentro festivo el último día de jánuka. Durante el encuentro estudiaron, encendieron velas y compartieron de una rica comida. Estos encuentros son muy importantes para...
Jánuka en una escuela pública en Belmonte
El Rabino Elisha Salas, emisario de Shavei Israel en Portugal, fue invitado por el Director de la escuela municipal de Belmonte para realizar una actividad alusiva a jánuka y permitir a los alumnos aprender un poco más sobre la festividad del pueblo judío. El director...
Jánuka en Katowice, Polonia, 5773
Nuestro emisario en la ciudad de Katowice, el Rabino Yehoshua Ellis, festejó jánuka junto a su comunidad, en un conmovedor evento donde cada cual prendio su propia janukiá y encendió una luz de su parte. El evento contó con la presencia de nuestro otro emisario...
Chinese Jews at Jerusalem Rabbinical Court
The 7 men from Kaifeng, China, whom Shavei Israel has supported in their journey towards Judaism, stand here before the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court last week in a final step towards formally rejoining the Jewish people. In the main group picture are: Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund...
7 Chinese Jews rejoin the Jewish people
[caption id="attachment_10183" align="alignleft" width="300"] The 7 Kaifeng Jewish men with Michael Freund and Rabbi Menachem Weinberg[/caption] As he stood before the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court answering the final question before completing a crucial last step on the road towards his long awaited conversion to Judaism, Tony Liang...
The Jews of Kaifeng – an interview with Michael Freund
[caption id="attachment_10125" align="alignleft" width="300"] Kaifeng Jew at the Western Wall in Jerusalem[/caption] The age of the Internet and YouTube so often bring items of interest to our attention, many of which leave us wanting to know more. And so it was for me, after watching a...
Bnei Menashe “Study Day” for Israeli government employees
In preparation for the first flight of Bnei Menashe immigrants in the coming weeks, Shavei Israel held a special Study Day for 80 employees from the interior, education, welfare and social services, absorption and health ministries, as well as personnel working in the cities of...
Shabbat in Czestochowa, Poland
There is no official Jewish community in Czestochowa, Poland. Therefore, our envoy in Poland, Rabbi Yehoshua Ellis, decided to organize a Shabbat program in the village in cooperation with the Jewish cultural organization TSKZ. Twenty-five people attended Kabbalat Shabbat services and 15 came to Seudah Shlishit...