VIDEO: Hanukah in Belmonte, Portugal
We have two Hanukah videos from Belmonte, Portugal where Shavei Israel's emissary Rabbi Elisha Salas led the community in songs for the holiday....
Holidays & Festivals
Shavei Israel organizes first Lag B’Omer celebration for Subbotnik Jews in Israel
Esther Surikova was worried. The barbeque and bonfire she’d planned for the Subbotnik Jewish community of Beit Shemesh last Wednesday night conflicted with another event for Jews who have immigrated to Israel from Russia – a party to mark “Victory Day” – the 70th anniversary...
Israel Independence Day booklet published for first time in Polish
This year, Jews in Poland have an added reason to celebrate Israel Independence Day: the first ever booklet in Polish on Yom Ha’atzmaut has been published by Shavei Israel. The booklet was a real team effort. The idea came from Shavei Israel’s emissary to Krakow,...
Michael Freund on Pesach in India – Israel Radio interview
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....
New booklet published for Subbotnik Jews just in time for Pesach
Just in time for Pesach, Shavei Israel has published a new informational booklet for the Subbotnik Jewish community on the festival of freedom. The new booklet is the latest in a series published by Shavei Israel for the Subbotnik Jewish community. The latest booklet on...
Shavei Israel communities celebrate Tu B’Shvat 2015 around the world
Last week the Jewish world celebrated Tu B’Shvat, the annual “New Year for the Trees,” and Shavei Israel’s communities joined in the fun by holding parties, planting trees and eating plenty of fruits and nuts. From Portugal to Poland, Bogota to Beit Shemesh, “Lost” and...
Shavei Israel’s Hanukah round up 2014Shavei Israel festeja Jánuca alrededor del mundo
For 8 days concluding last week, Shavei Israel communities celebrated Hanukah around the Jewish world by kindling the hanukkia together; frying (and then eating) some simply scrumptious sufganiyot and latkes; sitting together to study Hanukah-related Jewish sources with Shavei Israel’s eminent emissaries; and even competing...
Russia’s Subbotnik Jews celebrate Rosh Hashana with new Shavei Israel publications
Shavei Israel has just released two new publications for the Subbotnik Jewish communities in Russia and Israel: a new Jewish calendar in Russian and a booklet about the High Holy Days, covering Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Sukkot, also in Russian. The publications were put...
Shavei Israel publishes new Shavuot guide in Russian for Subbotnik Jews
The Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which commemorates the Jewish people’s receipt of the Torah on Mount Sinai as they journeyed in the desert, will be celebrated in Israel and around the world this week. The Subbotnik Jewish community has an extra reason to rejoice: Shavei...
A chocolate Seder? Pesach activities for Bnei Anousim and “Hidden Jews” of Poland
How did the communities that Shavei Israel supports celebrate Passover this year? Last week, we told you about the historic, first-ever community Pesach Seder being held in Kaifeng, China. Here’s a look at what’s happening with our emissaries in Poland, and with the Bnei Anousim...