New calendar for Subbotnik Jews published featuring great synagogues
What do the great synagogues of Jerusalem, Florence, Paris, Tbilisi, Prague, Moscow and Tel Aviv all have in common? They feature prominently in...
29 October, 2015
Featured Articles
Michael Freund in Commentary Magazine: predicting the Jewish future
What will the Jewish future look like in 50 years? Commentary Magazine asked 70 Jewish leaders to tackle this weighty subject. Shavei Israel...
28 October, 2015
Russian Cantonists
In 1827, Czar Nicholas I of Russia published a harsh “Recruitment Decree” which required the 25-year conscription of Jewish boys between the ages...
28 October, 2015
PICTURES: Lodz kindergarten
Gan Matanel is now open! The first Jewish school in the Polish city of Lodz since 1968 is up and running with eight...
27 October, 2015
The Abarbanel and the Return of the Bnei Anousim
This week marks the anniversary of the death of one of the greatest Jewish figures of the past five centuries, a man whose...
19 October, 2015
Prime Minister of Israel mentions Bnei Menashe in Knesset speech
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, during a session of Knesset on October 14, 2015. During his speech welcoming...
15 October, 2015