[caption id="attachment_8870" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Just before learning the news"][/caption] Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was in India with the Bnei Menashe for Israel Independence Day. At the central gathering, with some 2,000 Bnei Menashe in attendance – nearly one-third of the entire Bnei Menashe community...
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]...
[caption id="attachment_8374" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Workshop participants and their matzah"][/caption] 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...
[caption id="attachment_8367" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="In front of Ohel Michael in Myanmar"][/caption] Last month, we reported on Simeon Hatlang, one of Shavei Israel’s two Bnei Menashe Fellows in Myanmar (Burma), and his six-month stay in India for intensive training in Hebrew and Judaism. Hatlang returned to Myanmar...
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...
AFP (Agent France Presse) visits the Bnei Menashe for Purim 2012. Here is a wonderful report on the community, their Purim celebrations and their current situation. AFP (Agent France Presse) visita a los Bnei Menashe en Purim 2012. Aquí les traemos un excelente reporte de la...
