Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was interviewed on Kol Israel - Israel Radio - this week to discuss what Passover is like in India with the Bnei Menashe. Listen to the interview here....
Prior to the start of the Passover holiday, the Bnei Menashe in the Indian state of Manipur held a “Model Seder” – a large group run-through of the entire Haggadah, complete with explanations and speeches, so that the Bnei Menashe families will better know the...
Yotam Ginminthang Baite is 32 years old, with his own carpentry business, living on India’s northeastern border with Myanmar. All of his family - his parents, his siblings and their families - have already made aliyah to Israel. Finally Yotam, his wife and children are...
When the Bnei Menashe arrive in Israel, their Jewish journey is not completely over: they still must undergo a formal conversion. In charge of that is the Chief Rabbinate's Conversion Authority, which pays regular visits to the Kfar Hasidim absorption center to meet the Bnei...
Last month, we published the first part of a video documentary produced by Israel's Channel 10 on the Bnei Menashe. Channel 10 reporter Roy Sharon accompanied Shavei Israel on a journey to Manipur. Part 2 of the documentary is now available with English subtitles. Click...
Israel National News profiled Shavei Israel and its founder Michael Freund in this article, which focuses on Shavei's work in India with the Bnei Menashe and in Europe and the Americas with Bnei Anousim....
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,...
This week, Israel and the Jewish world are celebrating the holiday of Purim. In honor of the joy the Jews felt at their last minute deliverance, Purim today is perhaps the happiest day on the Jewish calendar. Everyone dresses up in costume to read from...
The latest seminar for Bnei Menashe “Fellows” in India is now underway. Taking place in the same location as our 2013 seminar, 80 young men and women, representing all of the Bnei Menashe communities in Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Assam and Myanmar (Burma), are participating. The...
In December, we reported on Shavei Israel director of marketing Laura Ben-David’s visit to the Bnei Menashe in Manipur. In the story, we mentioned that Israel’s Channel 10 went to India, too, and was working on a full-length documentary about the community. The video came...
