Shavei Israel’s director of marketing and new media Laura Ben-David wound up a whirlwind trip to the United States this week where she spoke about Shavei Israel’s activities at Jewish Community Centers, Jewish Federations and synagogues. Laura’s itinerary has taken her so far to St....
Our report on the Bnei Menashe high schoolers who visited Poland has been picked up by the Jewish media. Publications including The San Diego Jewish World, Jewocity, Algemeiner and The Jewish News Service have all featured it. Check out the coverage for this important story....
Five teenagers from the Bnei Menashe Jewish community visited Auschwitz as part of a trip for 12th-graders aimed at educating them about the horrors of the Nazi genocide against the Jewish people. It's the first time a group from India has joined in this Israeli...
Reuben Touthang made aliyah from India in 1998. He has served in the army for ten years now, in a unit in charge of maintaining the Gaza border fence. In 2008, he was hit by a sniper and he was seriously injured. But he recovered...
Over the summer, Shavei Israel launched a partnership with Josh Halickman, better known as “The Sports Rabbi” and the new head of Israel’s leading soccer team Maccabi Tel Aviv’s charitable organization, to enable young Bnei Menashe immigrants to meet, greet and participate on the field with some...
It’s no secret the Bnei Menashe love soccer. It’s been a regular pastime for the community in India, and immigrants who have come to Israel have kept up the tradition, holding an annual soccer tournament every year during the intermediary days of Sukkot. Rabbi Gurion Sela,...
The tractate of Sukkot in the Mishna states that, “He who has not seen the rejoicing of at the place of the water drawing has never seen rejoicing in his life.” The Mishna is referring to the custom called Simchat Beit HaShoeva, when tens of thousand of...
The Bnei Menashe community of Upper Nazareth welcomed the New Year with a pre-Rosh Hashana party in the town's community center. Dozens of Bnei Menahse newcomers, together with members of the local Garin Torani which has been supporting the Bnei Menashe since their arrival, joined with Upper...
Recent immigrants to Israel from the Bnei Menashe, Bnei Anousim and Subbotnik Jewish communities have another reason to celebrate this New Year: the Shufersol chain of Israeli supermarkets has donated NIS 50,000 ($13,000) of coupons to the new olim to ease their holiday purchases. This is...
[caption id="attachment_33449" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ceremony in Upper Nazareth[/caption] The Bnei Menashe received a double portion of sweet tidings in preparation for Rosh Hashanah – in addition to their Shufersol coupons (see our article here), baskets of goodies were given out at ceremonies in all eight of...
