Shavei Israel reaches out to Lost Tribes and hidden Jewish communities around the world, including those in India, China, Poland, Peru, Spain, Portugal and Russia. But rarely do these communities get a chance to meet. That’s why an in-person encounter between a group of “Hidden...
Our seminar for the Bnei Menashe in India is continuing. Here is a new batch of pictures of Rabbi Yehuda Gin’s classes in Shavei Israel’s Beith Shalom community hall, located in the central Bnei Menashe community of Churachandpur, Manipur. [nggallery id=161] ...
The Bnei Menashe visited the small town of Sajal in Manipur to celebrate Rosh Chodesh Elul - the start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar (and the month before Tishrei with the High Holydays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur). We have pictures...
In advance of the upcoming aliyah to Israel of a large group of Bnei Menashe immigrants, Shavei Israel has dispatched additional staff to India to teach Hebrew and Judaism classes. Here are a few pictures from the Hebrew lessons. [nggallery id=159]...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund visited the Bnei Menashe in India last week for Israel Independence Day. Here is a selection of some of the great pictures Michael sent from Manipur . [nggallery id=137]...
Simeon Hatlang, and Yona Kipgen, Shavei Israel’s two Bnei Menashe Fellows in Myanmar (Burma), led a festive Purim celebration at the new Ohel Michael synagogue in Tualmu. Immediately afterward, they headed to Moreh, India for an intensive pre-Passover traning seminar. Here are some pictures of both. [nggallery id=133]Simeon...
For nearly a decade, Shavei Israel has shipped up to 60 kilograms of matzah a year to India for the Bnei Menashe to use during the week of Passover. That has now come to an end: the Bnei Menashe no longer need our assistance. They...
The highlight of this year's Purim celebrations with the Bnei Menashe in India was "Esther's Beauty Pageant." The women-only event featured costumes designed by the community’s mikveh (ritual bath) attendant, Rukhama Jolly. The contestants paraded across the stage to a hip hop and rock music...
The central service for Purim is the reading of the Megillah (the Scroll of Esther), which tells the story of the holiday. The Bnei Menashe are blessed to have several talented readers who presented the Megillah before the entire congregation this year in Manipur. Here...
The Bnei Menashe Purim celebration in Manipur was a colorful collection of creative costumes. Here are a few of the best. [nggallery id=124]...
