Classes and new Torah in Chile
תמונות חדשות של ספר התורה החדש בקהילת "יוסף חיים" , בני האנוסים בצ'ילה ...
Bnei Anousim
Portuguese town gets first Torah in 500 years
The Isaac Cardoso Center for Jewish Interpretation in Trancoso, Portugal, was formally dedicated this weekend with a special "guest" - a new Torah scroll, the first to make its home in Trancoso in nearly 500 years. More than 60 people attended the dedication, including the...
Torah comes to TrancosoLa Torá llega a Trancoso
The Isaac Cardoso Center for Jewish Interpretation in Trancoso, Portugal, was formally dedicated this weekend with a new Torah scroll brought to the Beit Mayim Haim synagogue by Shavei's Educational Director Rabbi Eliayahu Birnbaum and Shavei Chairman Michael Freund. Here are pictures from the dedication. [nggallery...
A visit to the Belmonte Jewish community in Portugal
Leah Jaya Bisquert Bertomeu coordinates the activities of Shavei Israel’s emissary to Spain, Rabbi Nissan Ben-Avraham. She and her family visited Belmonte, Portugal, earlier this year and Leah wrote a lovely description of the Belmonte community, its history, and the role that our emissary to...
Bnei Anousim couple return to Judiasm, re-marry in Jewish ceremony
Gila and Ariel Arditi are a Bnei Anousim couple from Colombia. With Shavei Israel's help, they moved to Israel in late 2010, enrolled in Shavei's Machon Miriam Spanish and Portuguese-language Conversion and Return Institute, and recently completed their conversion. But the biggest day was still...
Gila and Ariel Arditi wedding picturesFotos de la boda de Gila y Ariel Arditi
Gila and Ariel Arditi, a Bnei Anousim couple from Colombia with a “West Side Story”-style romance and a hidden Jewish past, have just gotten re-married, this time in a full Jewish ceremony. The wedding, along with their aliyah to Israel, was made possible with help...
Yeshiva for Bnei Anousim in Colombia launched
The first ever yeshiva specifically for Bnei Anousim in Colombia has opened with 10 youngsters enrolled from the cities of Bogota, Medellin and Cucuta. 100 people attended the grand opening in the presence of Colombia's Chief Rabbi Alfredo Goldschmidt. We have pictures....
Shavei Israel helps organize Shabbaton for more than 100 Colombian Bnei Anousim in BogotaShavei Israel ayuda a organizar un shabatón para más de 100 Bnei Anusim colombianos
Colombian Jewish businessman Jack Goldstein has traveled the world for work and pleasure, from Ecuador to Ethiopia, Brazil to Burma. And in every place he visits, however far off the beaten track, he makes a point of seeking out something Jewish. But his greatest Jewish...
100 issues of “Roots”
Shavei Israel's "Roots" email newsletter has reached an important milestone - its hundredth publication since we started more than three years ago. To celebrate, we're taking a look back at some of the articles you told us were the most significant or meaningful stories we've...