What do the great synagogues of Jerusalem, Florence, Paris, Tbilisi, Prague, Moscow and Tel Aviv all have in common? They feature prominently in this year’s Shavei Israel calendar for the Subbotnik Jewish community. ...
What will the Jewish future look like in 50 years? Commentary Magazine asked 70 Jewish leaders to tackle this weighty subject. Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was one of those writers. Freund’s piece appeared in the October 14, 2015 issue of Commentary. In it, he...
Gan Matanel is now open! The first Jewish school in the Polish city of Lodz since 1968 is up and running with eight happy pre-schoolers and kindergarteners attending each morning. The school is co-sponsored by Shavei Israel and run by our emissary Miriam Szychowski who...
This week marks the anniversary of the death of one of the greatest Jewish figures of the past five centuries, a man whose scholarship and public service were so breathtaking in scope that despite the passage of many generations, he continues to stand out in...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, during a session of Knesset on October 14, 2015. During his speech welcoming Mukherjee to Israel, Netanyahu’s emphasized the strong ties between the two countries by citing the Bnei Menashe immigrants who have moved from...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, during a session of Knesset on October 14, 2015. During his speech welcoming Mukherjee to Israel, Netanyahu's emphasized the strong ties between the two countries by citing the Bnei Menashe immigrants who have moved from...
Shavei Israel has expanded its popular Na’aseh Venishma series of booklets on Jewish tradition and law to Chinese. Our first ever booklet for the Jewish community in Kaifeng, China, is now in print – and it arrived just in time for the High Holy Days....
Spain on Friday granted citizenship to 4,302 people whose Jewish ancestors fled after being told in 1492 to convert to Catholicism or go into exile ahead of the Spanish Inquisition that saw many Jews burned at the stake....
In a world that is increasingly hostile to all we hold dear, it would be comforting to know that we have a large cadre of amigos whose friendship we can count on in our hour of need. Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund discusses the possible...
Sandra Luz Patarroyo is a Colombian artist with Bnei Anousim roots. Several months ago, she contacted Shavei Israel with a proposal: to create an online calendar for the Bnei Anousim community showing all the Jewish holidays, the weekly Torah portion of the week and both...
