[caption id="attachment_26370" align="alignleft" width="300"] Luis and Claudia[/caption] Luis (Uziel) Morao learned about his Jewish roots in Portugal at a tender young age…literally: his family formally began practicing Judaism after he was circumcised, although for Luis that wasn’t at 8 days, as is traditional in Judaism, but...
Daniel grew up with just his mother in Lublin, Poland. When he was a teenager, his mother revealed to Daniel that his father was Jewish. “But the subject was a taboo,” Daniel says, and so he never discussed it further nor pursued his Jewish roots...
[caption id="attachment_26232" align="alignleft" width="300"] Tony (middle) just prior to his IDF induction[/caption] He’s in the army now: Tony (Hoshea) Liang is the latest Chinese Jew to join the Israel Defense Forces. Six years ago, Shavei Israel helped seven young Chinese men make aliyah from the ancient...
[caption id="attachment_26123" align="alignleft" width="225"] Gao Yichen with her passport and visa - ready to go![/caption] The aliyah from China continues. In our continuing series of profiles of the five young women from the Jewish community in Kaifeng who will be immigrating to Israel in the coming...
In a Shavei Israel exclusive, we have three videos from the Igbo Jewish community in Nigeria for Hanukah. Blessings, fervent prayer and hanukkiot light up the African night. You don't want to miss these videos, only on shavei.org....
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....
We’re back – with more incredible pictures of Hanukah celebrations around the Shavei Israel world. Last week we took you to India, Poland, Colombia, Chile and China. This week, we return to a few of those locations, plus add some new ones. The holiday may...
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...
It can be hard to keep up with Rabbi Avi Baumol’s schedule. Shavei Israel’s emissary to Krakow, Poland is even busier this Hanukah, leading and participating in a range of activities for the not-so-Hidden Jews of Poland. Here’s the schedule. If you’ll be in Krakow...
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....
