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Stop the crackdown on China’s Jews

Over the past two years, a series of disturbing developments has taken place in Kaifeng, China, one that threatens the future of the...

Back to school for Bnei Menashe

With a healthy does of excitement and anticipation, the 2016-17 school year in Israel has begun. For the Bnei Menashe immigrant children there...

‘Do You Have Jewish Roots’ book – in Portuguese

When Shavei Israel announced the publication last week of its new book in Spanish, Do You Have Jewish Roots?, we expected a few...

Separating challah in Maalot

There was a lot of dough at a recent Rosh Chodesh (first of the month) event in Maalot. The type that turns into...

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VIDEO: Emotional Bnei Menashe Ceremony at Yeshivat Maalot

Shavei Israel is proud of the 270 Bnei Menashe who have settled in Maalot in the north of Israel. Watch this exciting and very moving...

From San Pablo to Beer Sheba: Rachel rediscovers her Judaism

Rachel Souza Lima’s greatest hope is the return of all Bnei Anousim. Rachel (Elizabeth), 39, declares this as she tells the fascinating story of how she returned to the Judaism of her ancestors, and of her remarkable journey from her native Brazil to the land of Israel, where she lives today with her husband and children. A native of Lucélia (St. Paul), Rachel, a widowed mother of four, remembers her very first meeting with her rabbi. That pivotal event was enough for her to recognize that the customs that had been handed down in her family through generations, such as kashrut and family purity, meant that she had Jewish roots.