Israel National News profiled Shavei Israel and its founder Michael Freund in this article, which focuses on Shavei's work in India with the Bnei Menashe and in Europe and the Americas with Bnei Anousim....
Israel National News reports on how one rabbi is leading efforts across Italy to build new communities for long lost Jews. A profile of Shavei Israel's emissary to the Bnei Anousim of Sicily and southern Italy, Rabbi Pinhas Punturello....
Purim 2015 has come and gone but the pictures are still flowing in to the Shavei Israel office. Now it’s time to share them with you. So strap on your jet pack, we’re going for a ride - from China to India, Poland to Portugal,...
This week, Israel and the Jewish world are celebrating the holiday of Purim. In honor of the joy the Jews felt at their last minute deliverance, Purim today is perhaps the happiest day on the Jewish calendar. Everyone dresses up in costume to read from...
In 1614, the first Jewish cemetery was established in Amsterdam. The cemetery celebrated the 400th anniversary of its construction in December of last year, and Rabbi Elisha Salas, Shavei Israel’s emissary to the Bnei Anousim in Portugal, was invited to attend the festivities. For Rabbi...
Last week the Jewish world celebrated Tu B’Shvat, the annual “New Year for the Trees,” and Shavei Israel’s communities joined in the fun by holding parties, planting trees and eating plenty of fruits and nuts. From Portugal to Poland, Bogota to Beit Shemesh, “Lost” and...
Last week, Portugal made an historic decision to offer dual citizenship to the descendants of Sephardi Jews who were exiled or compelled to embrace Catholicism as Anousim (or Marranos) during the terrible years of the Inquisition over 500 years ago. Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund...
In 2012, the Spanish government approved a draft bill offering citizenship to the descendants of Sephardi Jews who were exiled or compelled to embrace Catholicism as Anousim (or Marranos) during the terrible years of the Inquisition over 500 years ago. Last week, Portugal followed suit....
Today (January 27, 2015) is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Held annually since 2006, the date commemorates the liberation by Soviet troops of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945. Events all over the world mark the day, including in Italy, where Shavei Israel’s emissary to the...
In 2010, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, who is best known for the English and Hebrew translations of the Talmud that bear his name, established a now annual event: The Global Day of Jewish Learning. This year, Shavei Israel’s emissary to Portugal, Rabbi Elisha Salas, joined the...
