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On April 1, 2012, 14-year-old Sander Bochernikov had his brit milah (ritual circumcision) in the city of Moscow. Sander is the son of the vice president of the Visoky Subotnik community. Sander and his family formally returned to Judaism during during the holiday of Chanukah; the brit milah was the conclusion of the process. Mazal tov! [nggallery id...

Recipe for "Gato de Almendras Pesaj" Translated by Jan Lee [caption id="attachment_8288" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Mallorcan Almond Torte"][/caption] A published author and chef, Antonio Pina is one of Mallorca’s foremost authorities on Balearic Island cuisine. We have profiled Pina here on the Shavei Israel website. He has devoted...

[caption id="attachment_5391" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="At Shavei's Bnei Menashe center in India "][/caption] By Abhaya Srivastava  (AFP) CHURACHANDPUR, India — In a synagogue in northeast India, a group of men pray for the chance to "return home" to a country they have never seen and which their ancestors fled...

[caption id="attachment_8203" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Putting on tefillin in Brazil"][/caption] At the entrance to the fabled Amazon River, on the northern tip of Brazil, sits the teeming town of Belem. Colonized in the early 17th century by the Portuguese, the first settlers in the town also included...

Shavei Israel recently held a special seminar for Bnei Anousim in Campina Grande, Brazil. Here are a few pictures from the eight-day learning. [nggallery id=130]Shavei Israel, ha llevado a cabo recientemente un seminario especial para Bnei Anusim en Campinia Grande, Brasil. Aquí tiene algunas fotos de...

A visit to the Falash Mura of northern Ethiopia - descendants of Ethiopian Jews seeking to return to Judaism and make aliyah to Israel. Shavei Israel is the only Jewish organization today that is actively reaching out to “lost Jews and we are so happy that...

A short conversation about a Mallorcan street sign was all it took to turn ten-years-old Nicolas Aguilo's life completely around. Not only did the young Catholic boy eventually become a Jew, but today he is the rabbi of Mallorca's Chueta community. Mishpacha magazine caught up with...

Rabbi Elisha Salas, who serves as our emissary in Belmonte, welcomed a new addition to the community: little Aaron. A mohel (ritual circumciser) arrived from Lisbon to do the brit milah ceremony. Mazel tov to the Salas family - and the entire Belmonte community. [nggallery id=129] La comunidad de Belmonte, donde se...

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