Every Friday afternoon, an extraordinary modern day Exodus takes place in San Salvador. Between 50-60 Bnei Anousim make their way by bus and by car to the Beit Israel synagogue in El Salvador’s capital. They carry with them a potluck assortment of appetizers, main dishes...
We have one final batch of photos from Shavei Israel’s Hanukah celebrations this year: the return of light to the infamous Steri prison in Palermo, Sicily, where Shavei Israel’s emissary to the Bnei Anousim in southern Italy and Sicily, Rabbi Pinchas Punturello, led a candle-lighting...
A Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony was held Wednesday at the infamous Steri prison in Palermo, Sicily, which served as a headquarters of the Spanish Inquisition between 1601 and 1782. The ceremony – the first of its kind – was headed by Shavei Israel's emissary to southern...
Last week, we told you about the plans our emissaries had in store for Shavei Israel Hanukah celebrations around the world. Now we have pictures. Here are some selections from Belmonte, Portugal; Albacete, Spain; Cartagena, Colombia; Catania, Italy; Krakow and Katowice, Poland; Kaifeng, China; and...
Shavei Israel’s emissaries in Europe, South America and India have a busy schedule planned for Hanukah this week. Here are some of the highlights from the Bnei Menashe in India, Bnei Anousim in Spain, Portugal and Colombia, and the Hidden Jews of Poland....
Shavei Israel has appointed two new emissaries: one to Poland and another to serve in Colombia. Rabbi Avi Baumol will be serving the Jewish community in Krakow. Rabbi Marcelo Shimon Yehoshua will be our new emissary traveling between Bnei Anousim communities in Colombia. Here’s a...
Shavei Israel has published a new booklet in Spanish and Russian on the upcoming holiday of Hanukah. The 40-page booklet includes two main sections – one explaining the history and traditions of the festival, and the other outlining the laws of Hanukah. The booklet also...
Sitting amid a sea of Hebrew books last week at a rabbinical court near Jerusalem, Tony Pina of Palma de Majorca, Spain, defied history and logic and achieved the impossible. More than 500 years ago his Jewish ancestors had been forcibly converted to Catholicism. Last...
This Hanukah, joyous light will fill a setting infamously associated for nearly 200 years with torture and murder. For the first time in Italian history, Shavei Israel’s emissary to the Bnei Anousim in southern Italy, Rabbi Pinchas Punturello, will light the candles of the hanukiah...
Shavei Israel is continuing its series of “cultural conferences” for Cheutas in Palma de Mallorca. The most recent seminar took place on Thursday, October 17 with special guest speaker Kfir Shahar flying in from Israel. ...
