Mendel Kingbol just celebrated his 90th birthday, making him one of the oldest Bnei Menashe to make aliyah from India. But even more impressive: of Mendel’s 58 grandchildren (yes, you read that right), 43 of them live in Israel. The remaining 15 are still in the...
What’s more festive than a Jewish wedding? When the couple are both members of the Bnei Menashe community and came all the way from India to Israel to meet their beshert (their intended one). The bride Leah, 24, made aliyah with Shavei Israel’s help in 2007...
With a healthy does of excitement and anticipation, the 2016-17 school year in Israel has begun. For the Bnei Menashe immigrant children there are many unique challenges and therefore numerous creative solutions. In each Israeli community where Bnei Menashe live, Shavei Israel has worked together with the municipalities and...
There was a lot of dough at a recent Rosh Chodesh (first of the month) event in Maalot. The type that turns into bread; challah, to be specific. This special "hafrashat challah" or separating challah event was with Rabanit Tali Kook. It took place in the...
Shavei Israel is proud of the 270 Bnei Menashe who have settled in Maalot in the north of Israel. Watch this exciting and very moving celebration of Bnei Menashe accomplishments at Yeshivat Maalot in honor of the completion of a professional course of study by a number...
It's a tradition for young people all over the world: the end of the year is a time for celebration. As a famous rock singer once crooned, "No more teachers, no more books"...
Beit Miriam is Shavei Israel's community center for Bnei Menashe youth in Kiryat Arba, south of Jerusalem. This unique social and cultural club offers courses in computers, English, Hebrew and Judaism. It is a home away from home for the next generation of Bnei Menashe...
Elad Israel and Yoel Kolshing have been soccer fans for almost all of their lives – which in their case is just nine short years. That’s the way it is with the Bnei Menashe, who start kicking the ball around almost as soon as they...
Congratulations to Sonia Manlun Lhungdim who has become the latest Bnei Menashe immigrant to Israel to graduate from social work school. Sonia joins her friends, Itzkhak and Esther Colney, who like her also graduated from the Safed Academic College over the last several years. “We are...
Yom Yerushalayim - Jerusalem Day - marks the reunification of Israel's capital following the Six Day War in 1967. It is an emotional day for veteran Israelis and even more so for new immigrants who only recently saw Jerusalem for the first time. A group of...
