One of the most important programs for ensuring the successful absorption into Israel of new immigrants from the Bnei Menashe has been the creation of a network of adoptive families. These families welcome the newcomers from India into their homes, inviting them for Shabbat and...
Anyone who has ever gone shopping for the Passover holiday knows that it can get expensive. Preparing and buying the traditional foods for the Pesach meal – the matza, gefilte fish, haroset. chicken soup and brisket – can all add up. That’s not always so easy...
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...
[caption id="attachment_26127" align="alignleft" width="300"] Bnei Menashe women at Raise Your Spirits Theatre performance of "Sisters!"[/caption] Two dozen girls and women from the Bnei Menashe community met their Biblical counterparts on stage this week as the Raise Your Spirits Theatre invited recent and veteran Bnei Menashe immigrants...
The Bnei Menashe community is picking up the pieces from a massive 6.8 magnitude earthquake that affected many of the regions where they live. It was the most destructive quake in the last 65 years in a region that has seen 20 major tremors over...
The Bnei Anousim community in San Salvador held a festive Hanukah party last week with games and presents, plus a typical El Salvadoran food called "Pupuzas," made of cornmeal stuffed with mozzarella and black beans (kosher of course). We have pictures and video....
A group of Bnei Menashe new immigrants now living in Tiberias celebrated the start of the Hanukah holiday at the OU Center in Jerusalem. Led by Shavei Israel's own Tzvi Khaute, they sang a mix of Hebrew Hanukah songs and traditional Bnei Menashe tunes. We...
Here are two videos guaranteed to get you clapping your hands. (Almost) live from India, it's the Bnei Menashe kids lighting candles and singing Hanukah songs. Isn't it amazing how different and yet so similar we all are as Jews....
