Shavei Israel profile: 15 Grandmothers and a hidden Jewish legacy: the story of Genie Milgrom
The rabbi didn’t know what to make of Genie Milgrom. She had placed on the table before him reams of documentation going back...
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Sweating it out on Yom Kippur in Moreh, India
It is a heavenly irony that, no matter what the temperature on the days before Yom Kippur, when the actual Day of Atonement...
Synagogue in Tarnowskie Góry
Jews have lived in the Silesia region of Poland for hundreds of years. In the mid 1700’s, a Jewish entrepreneur, Salomon Isaac, became one...
Preparing for sukkot in Belmonte, PortugalPreparándose para Sucot en Belmonte, Portugal
The Jewish community of Belmonte, Portugal, is ready for Sukkot as well. In the capable hands of Shavei Israel's emissary to the region,...
Building a sukka in PolandConstruyendo una sucá en Polonia
The Jewish holiday of Sukkot begins this Wednesday night and we have a few pictures to mark the festivities. For the past four...
Kosher cooking in a Polish town
In an open air plaza, on the very spot where a synagogue once stood in the Polish town of Tarnowskie Góry, two proud...