Shavei Israel’s emissary to Brazil, Rabbi Yeshayahu Bin Nun, has been keeping busy since he started visiting Bnei Anousim communities in South America’s largest country earlier this summer. He's sent us pictures from two of the communities he’s visited recently in the beach resort town...
Earlier this year, on a bright and sunny Jerusalem day, a young boy and his family celebrated a rousing – if somewhat belated – victory over the Spanish Inquisition and its henchmen. Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund tells the story of Baruch Israel's bar mitzvah...
When Shavei Israel announced the publication last week of its new book in Spanish, Do You Have Jewish Roots?, we expected a few hundred people to request a free download of the eBook version. But within 48 hours, so many people had clicked to receive...
Have you ever wondered if you might have Jewish roots? Is there a family tradition that seems unusual and that you don’t know where it comes from? Maybe your name is similar to other Jewish names from long ago? Shavei Israel is here to help....
Shavei Israel has appointed Rabbi Yeshayahu Bin Nun as its newest emissary. Rabbi Bin Nun will be serving the Bnei Anousim community in Brazil. This is the first time a Shavei Israel emissary will be working specifically with Brazil’s Bnei Anousim. Originally from Brasilia, Rabbi...
Chief Rabbi of Efrat Rabbi Shlomo Riskin led a group of 40 tourists to the small town of Belmonte, Portugal, where they joined together with Shavei Israel's emissary Rabbi Elisha Salas and local Bnei Anousim and Jewish residents for a weekend Shabbaton. We have pictures.El...
Somewhere deep in the netherworld, Spanish King Ferdinand and his wife Queen Isabella are most assuredly burning with rage. Over five centuries after the cruel monarchs expelled the country's Jews in 1492, Spain has at last approved a law offering citizenship to their descendants, thereby...
Journalists looking for background on a new law passed last week in Spain granting the right of citizenship to Bnei Anousim have turned to Shavei Israel. Three articles appearing in The Jerusalem Post and JTA quote Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund on the new Spanish...
Check out this five minute documentary about the Jews of Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Once a thriving community, most have moved to Israel and today, only 20 Jews remain in the city, out of a population of 15 million. Nevertheless, the city keeps its three synagogues...
When family and friends used to ask Baruch Israel what he wanted to be when he grew up, he didn’t answer like the other kids by specifying a profession. It wasn’t a doctor or a lawyer to which Baruch aspired. “When I grow up, I...
