Subbotnik Jews celebrate Tu B’Shvat in Beit Shemesh
The Subbotnik Jewish community in Beit Shemesh celebrated Tu B'Shvat this year with Shavei Israel's emissary Rabbi Zelig Avrasin and our coordinator for...
17 January, 2014
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Synagogue construction in Vysoky – January 2014
We have more pictures from the Vysoky synagogue construction project for the Subbotnik Jewish community in Russia. It's really coming along! [nggallery id=281]...
17 January, 2014
Another 40 Bnei Menashe arrive in Israel
A group of 40 Bnei Menashe arrived on Aliyah today from India, marking the second time in the last three weeks that a...
17 January, 2014
Shavei Israel profile: Basia Wieczorek – a “third generation” Polish Jew makes aliyah
It’s an increasingly common story among the Jews of Poland: a grandparent, lying on his or her deathbed, reveals to the grandchild a...
13 January, 2014
Shavei emissary to Krakow Rabbi Avi Baumol revisits his Polish roots
Shavei Israel's new emissary to Krakow, Rabbi Avi Baumol, has deep Polish roots. His great-grandfather, a scion of a rabbinic family which goes...
13 January, 2014
Stunning photos from India and Israel as Bnei Menashe make aliyah
Award-winning professional photographer Gali Tibbon, who has focused her career on documenting groups from far flung communities around the world, accompanied Shavei Israel...
06 January, 2014