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BBC News, Krakow, Poland Poland was home to one of the largest and most important Jewish communities in the world before World War II. Ninety percent of that community was wiped out by the Nazis in the Holocaust.
25 November, 2005
A new rabbi has been appointed to rebuild the Jewish community in the Polish city of Krakow Avraham Flaks, at the age of 38, has become Krakow's first rabbi since the Holocaust. It should be the dream posting. The southern Polish city has been a centre of Jewish scholarship for more than 700 years. On the eve of the Second World War, it was a thriving home to some 60,000 Jews - a quarter of the city's population.
07 November, 2005
Twenty Bnai Anousim hailing from Spain, Portugal and Brazil have been touring Israel this week on a solidarity visit. The tour was arranged by the Jerusalem-based Shavei Israel organization, which assists “lost Jews” seeking to return to the Jewish people.
02 September, 2005
The National Post of Canada Source: CanWest News Service             KIRYAT ARBA, West Bank - When a rabbinical court decided that the Bnei Menashe of India were descendants of one of the 10 "lost tribes" of Israel, Indian newspapers reported many in the northern community wept tears of joy.
18 June, 2005
A community center intended specifically for Bnei Menashe immigrants has been formally inaugurated in Kiryat Arba. The center is the first of it's kind in Israel.   Offering an array of classes, lectures and other activities for the Bnei Menashe community, the community center is a joint project of the Kiryat Arba Local Council and Shavei Israel (www.shavei.org), a Jerusalem-based group that assists “lost Jews” seeking to return to the Jewish people.
10 June, 2005
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