[caption id="attachment_8824" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Beit Ha'anusim web page"][/caption] Shavei Israel has launched a new Spanish-language website specifically for the Bnei Anousim. The site, which is filled with resources, classes, and discussion groups, is the latest prong of a concentrated multimedia outreach by...
Every month Rabbi Nissan Ben-Avraham, Shavei Israel's envoy in Spain, travels around the country to visit different study groups. In the following pictures, Rabbi Ben-Avraham explains the rules and customs of the Passover Seder. Rabbi Ben-Avraham also took the opportunity to say the traditional blessing...
As in many parts of the world, it's not always easy to get kosher food in Portugal. Now, at least, kosher challah bread is available in Belmonte, thanks to Shavei Israel emissary Rabbi Elisha Salas. Under Rabbi Salas's supervision, challahs are prepared once a month at a local bakery and are offered for sale to the...
In March 2012, Shavei Israel's emissary to Portugal, Rabbi Elisha Salas, taught a Hebrew course in the town of Belmonte. The course, which was offered free of charge, was attended by 23 students, including not only people from the local Jewish community but also city council...
[caption id="attachment_8381" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Jose Manuel Camarero"][/caption] Jose Manuel Camarero has been fascinated by Judaism since he was a teenager. Ten years ago, he began to actively explore his Jewish roots. Today, the 65-year-old retired high school teacher from Granada, Spain, is creating beautiful Jewish art....
Recipe for "Gato de Almendras Pesaj" Translated by Jan Lee [caption id="attachment_8288" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Mallorcan Almond Torte"][/caption] A published author and chef, Antonio Pina is one of Mallorca’s foremost authorities on Balearic Island cuisine. We have profiled Pina here on the Shavei Israel website. He has devoted...
[caption id="attachment_8203" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Putting on tefillin in Brazil"][/caption] At the entrance to the fabled Amazon River, on the northern tip of Brazil, sits the teeming town of Belem. Colonized in the early 17th century by the Portuguese, the first settlers in the town also included...
Shavei Israel recently held a special seminar for Bnei Anousim in Campina Grande, Brazil. Here are a few pictures from the eight-day learning. [nggallery id=130]Shavei Israel, ha llevado a cabo recientemente un seminario especial para Bnei Anusim en Campinia Grande, Brasil. Aquí tiene algunas fotos de...
A short conversation about a Mallorcan street sign was all it took to turn ten-years-old Nicolas Aguilo's life completely around. Not only did the young Catholic boy eventually become a Jew, but today he is the rabbi of Mallorca's Chueta community. Mishpacha magazine caught up with...
Rabbi Elisha Salas, who serves as our emissary in Belmonte, welcomed a new addition to the community: little Aaron. A mohel (ritual circumciser) arrived from Lisbon to do the brit milah ceremony. Mazel tov to the Salas family - and the entire Belmonte community. [nggallery id=129] La comunidad de Belmonte, donde se...
