Palermo’s first synagogue in 500 years to be dedicated in Sicily
More than 500 years after the expulsion of the Jews from Sicily, Palermo’s small Jewish community is set to celebrate the opening of...
11 January, 2017
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President of Portugal speaks to Jewish community in Lisbon
The president of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, visited the Jewish community in Lisbon. Shavei Israel's Portuguese emissary Rabbi Elisha Salas was among...
09 January, 2017
Hanukah bonus: More pictures from Shavei Israel communities
Hanukah may be over, but we have a special bonus album of pictures from Shavei Israel communities around the world celebrating the Festival...
03 January, 2017
Michael Freund speaks at Limmud on two continents
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund has become a Limmud groupie. Well, not quite. But he is participating in a double header of eclectic...
03 January, 2017
Operation Menashe: why are you not involved yet?
"After 2,700 years we have the opportunity to bring the Bnei Menashe back to our people and to our land. So why do...
03 January, 2017
Bnei Menashe profile: Avital Hnamte – faith triumphs discrimination through aliyah
When Avital Hnamte began to publicly identify as a Jew in India some twenty years ago, the teenage Bnei Menashe woman encountered a...
03 January, 2017