Shavei Israel: This Passover holiday, Rabbi Elisha Salas of Shavei Israel and his wife Avigail travelled to Kibbutz Gilgal and shared with us some pictures and beautiful stories. Do you remember the video that Rabbi Elisha Salas did from Gilgal? Well, we owe you the photos...
Last week, Shavei Israel communities celebrated the 71st Israel Independence Day and shared with us pictures of their events and activities. Bnei Menashe Lodz, Poland Cali, Colombia Ambato, Ecuador Cagliari, Italy ...
Jewish communities around the globe shared more photos of them preparing for the Passover seder and enjoying the vacation on the intermediate festival days. Here are some highlights of the holiday from different countries and continents! Vysoki, Russia Lodz, Poland Guatemala Honduras Mexico Peru Chile ...
Ladino and all that it embodies are part and parcel of our people’s long and winding journey on the historical stage. By any rational yardstick, the legacy of medieval Spanish Jewry should long ago have met its demise. The community, Europe’s largest and most influential at...
Pesach is almost here, and Jewish communities all over the world are busy with their efforts to make the upcoming holiday kosher and happy. Shavei Israel's emissaries from different countries have shared photos of the pre-Passover atmosphere in their communities. In Chile, students of the local...
March 19, 2019 was a special and unforgettable day for newlyweds Shlomo Bentes and Danielle Beniste Bentes, who celebrated the beginning of a new important stage of their lives in Jerusalem with the support of Shavei Israel. Shlomo, 51, originally from Brazil, was a student...
The Beit Toldot community is located in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador and consists of approximately 10 families who decided to reconnect with their Jewish roots under the supervision of Rabbi Shimon Yehoshua, Shavei Israel's emissary in Colombia. The recent Shabbat was very special for...
This week at AIPAC, the largest pro-Israel organization in the world, was an unprecedented panel discussion on how to reconnect Latinos and Hispanics and Jews. The panel, moderated by Shavei Israel’s Founder and Chairman, Michael Freund, was called “Reconnecting Hispanics and Latinos with the...
Purim is over, but there cannot be enough beautiful pictures of festive celebrations and creative costumes in Jewish communites all over the world. Just to prolong the holiday feeling, here you go with a new set of photos! Colombia, Barranquilla Colombia, Bogota Colombia, Villavicencio Colombia, Medellin Equador, Guayaquil Equador, Ambato Guatemala Chile, Santiago Venezuela Portugal,...
As Purim is approaching, we're beginning to receive pictures of holiday preparations from our communities all over the world. The first reviews came from the local Talmud Torah of Chile, where children participated in an exciting class devoted to the laws and customs of Purim....
