“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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...