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“We built our community together from scratch” – A personal story

Fifteen Jewish families in Guatemala City with nowhere else to go came together to build the Shaar Hashamaim Bnei Anousim (Converso) community. Among...

07 November, 2019

Parashat Noach

Noach has always seemed one of the most irrelevant of all the Parshiot in the Torah. There are so many parts of it...

01 November, 2019

The determination of a small Jewish community in Guatemala

The Shaar Hashamaim community of Guatemala, created as a result of a local initiative, united people of different ages and backgrounds who were...

30 October, 2019

Rav Nissim Karelitz zt”l & a historic opinion on the Chuetas

On October 21 of this year the people of Israel suffered the loss of the renowned Torah scholar and the head of the...

30 October, 2019

Sukkot around the globe: Poland, Portugal & Russia

As all Jews all over the world, Shavei Israel's communities in different parts of the world celebrated Sukkot and Simchat Torah, ending the...

24 October, 2019

Sukkot around the globe: South America

No one sent us as many wonderful photos of their Sukkot celebrations as did the many Bnei Anousim communities throughout South America! Local...