In just a few short years, the Jerusalem Marathon has become one of the "must do" running events in the sporting world. This year, the Marathon attracted some a record setting 30,000 runners - from Israel and across the globe. Participants from 62 countries joined fitness...
Last week, we gave you a preview of Purim festivities at Shavei Israel-supported communities around the world (our newsletter was published before the actual holiday). Now we have some photos from the Megillah readings and Purim parties themselves. (Plus a special pre-Passover bonus from Portugal.) Chile The...
We haven’t checked in for a while with the Bnei Menashe who Shavei Israel helped made aliyah in the last year, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t been busy. Here are a few photos of Bnei Menashe activities in Israel over the past few months. First...
Seventy-eight Bnei Menashe arrived in Israel last week. Another 80 arrived yesterday. Shavei Israel's director of marketing Laura Ben-David was at Ben-Gurion Airport last week and took some breathtaking photos of the Bnei Menashe as they first encountered their new home. You can see all...
Forth-five new immigrant families from Manipur India have moved to the ancient city of Safed in the Upper Galilee. They left the Kfar Hasidim absorption center, where they first landed after making aliyah, several months ago. A team led by Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund...
“With hope and prayer we celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut this year in Manipur, but next year in Zion!” writes Shavei Israel’s coordinator for the Bnei Menashe in India Meital Singson. That was the theme of this year’s Israel Independence Day celebrations in Manipur, which drew more...
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,...
The aliyah from India is back - the first of several flights of Bnei Menashe new immigrants from the Indian state of Manipur landed last week. We have a few preview pictures below. Shavei Israel staff is now in India preparing another 200 immigrants who...
When a recent group of Bnei Menashe immigrants visited Jerusalem for the first time, we sent our photographer to capture the excitement. Here is a selection of photos that evoke the atmosphere of that special day....
The aliyah from India continues and we have some fantastic pictures. We follow the latest group of Bnei Menashe on their journey home, starting with a collection of photos taken in India before their departure, another set upon arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport in Israel, and...
