Spain’s Crypto-Jews Seeking to Return
Amishav Seminar on Crypto-Jews in Madrid More than fifty descendants of Spanish and Portuguese crypto-Jews attended an intensive three-day seminar held in Madrid this...
31 March, 2004
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Build A Monument to the Inquisition
The Jerusalem Post Today marks the anniversary of one of the most important events in Jewish history in the past one thousand years. It is an episode that forever altered the destiny of the Jewish people, as well as that of European civilization, giving rise to seismic shifts in spheres as varied as cartography, commerce and mysticism.
31 March, 2004
Parashat Teruma
"And these cherubs had their wings extended upward with the wings hovering over the kaporet [coverlet], with each baby-faced cherub facing his brother" (Exodus 25:20). Among the most well-known and fascinating accoutrements of the sanctuary in the desert were the pure gold cherubs on the cover of the Ark of Testimony. The most sacred objects in the sanctuary were the Tablets of the Ten Commandments, which were deposited in the Ark.
26 February, 2004
The Long Journey Home
Jewish Action Magazine Nestled in the picturesque, rolling green hilltops of Samaria, the small settlement of Shavei Shomron rests quietly, despite its proximity to the flaming Arab cities of Tulkarem and Shechem. But some fascinating new neighbors have created a murmur across the yishuv. In August of 2002, the Amita Absorption Center, along with Amishav—an organization dedicated to bringing lost Jews from around the world to Israel— opened the settlement’s doors to the Bnei Menashe, a group of people from northeast India who claim to be Jews.
11 January, 2004
Israeli ‘Lost Tribes’ Living in W. Bank
Associated Press SHAVEI SHOMRON, West Bank (AP) - Some 2,700 years ago, 10 of the 12 biblical tribes of Israel were driven from the Holy Land into exile and the mists of history. Now, a group claiming descent from one of the lost tribes can be found sitting in a bomb shelter in a West Bank Jewish settlement, learning Hebrew.
24 December, 2003
Mizo ‘Jews’ seek Israel visas
Amishav delegates talk migration with Mizo hopefuls
They are born Mizo and speak the language of this far north-east Indian state bordering Burma - but they dream of a new life in Israel.
There are nearly 5,000 people in Mizoram and the neighbouring state of Manipur who call themselves Jews, and 800 of them have already migrated to the Middle East.
23 December, 2003