Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was interviewed on Israel Radio's English language news program about the aliyah from India last week of 250 Bnei Menashe. The interview reviews the history of the Bnei Menashe, their Zionist commitment to Israel and Shavei Israel's success in bringing...
It is happening! The Bnei Menashe aliyah has begun. Let's meet another Bnei Menashe family on its way to Israel this summer. Makhir Thouthang is from the village of Saikul in Manipur, India. His mother Milka taught him Bible stories when he was young while...
Somewhere deep in the netherworld, Spanish King Ferdinand and his wife Queen Isabella are most assuredly burning with rage. Over five centuries after the cruel monarchs expelled the country's Jews in 1492, Spain has at last approved a law offering citizenship to their descendants, thereby...
The countdown has begun! In just 7 days, Malka Sitlhou and her family will be reunited with Malka's sister, Rachel, who already lives in Israel with her family. Malka's father instilled in her the dream of aliyah. He sadly passed away before being able to...
Journalists looking for background on a new law passed last week in Spain granting the right of citizenship to Bnei Anousim have turned to Shavei Israel. Three articles appearing in The Jerusalem Post and JTA quote Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund on the new Spanish...
In the next in our series on “Bnei Menashe – in their own words,” we meet Eliezer Haokip, who is praying to make aliyah this summer. Eliezer needs your help. You can sponsor him and his Bnei Menashe family for just $4,000 per immigrant. Read...
As we continue our series, “Bnei Menashe – in their own words," please meet Miriam Nenghoichong Haokip and her family, from Churachandpur, Manipur. Miriam tells her story - of growing up Jewish in India and of her yearning to make aliyah to the land of...
Today we begin a new series, "Bnei Menashe - in their own words." In the coming weeks, we will present the stories of some of the Bnei Menashe families who are praying to make aliyah this summer. But we need your help. You can sponsor...
When family and friends used to ask Baruch Israel what he wanted to be when he grew up, he didn’t answer like the other kids by specifying a profession. It wasn’t a doctor or a lawyer to which Baruch aspired. “When I grow up, I...
Agnieszka Z was on her way to Israel for the first time. That's because only two years ago, when she was 19, her grandmother invited her to her home for a chat and said the words she heard would change her life forever: “My child,...
