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,...
Shavei Israel has appointed Aryeh Khodorkovsky to be its new emissary to work with the Subbotnik Jewish community in Visoky, Russia. Khodorkovsky will initially travel to southern Russia for two and a half months starting in mid-June. He will be joined in Visoky by his...
What do the Chinese people as a whole know of the small Chinese Jewish community in Kaifeng? Not much, says Aaron Wood, who was born in Beijing, grew up entirely oblivious of Jews and Judaism, and yet today lives as an observant Jew in the...
In 2012, Daniel Limor was invited to a royal audience with an African village king – a member of the Igbo tribe, the second largest ethnic group in Nigeria. The king was wearing a robe with a Star of David on it. So begins the...
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...
Some 300 El Salvadorian descendants of Spanish conversos observe the laws of Judaism and dream of living in Israel. "I wanted to connect with the Creator and I found the Jewish commandments the best way to do that," says a community leader. The newspaper Israel...
"I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I’m Jewish. I need proof. I need your help. I’m begging you. Please point me in the right direction.” Genie Milgrom receives hundreds of emails like this one every year. Milgrom, president of the Society...
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,...
The distance between the village of Kaleymo in Myanmar (Burma) and the northeastern Indian border town of Moreh is a mere 70 miles. But here, in the foothills of the Himalayas, the trip takes no less than a full day. That didn’t stop Emunah Hanvung...
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....
