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Shavei Israel has started offering Hebrew classes over the Internet for the “Hidden Jews” of Poland. The Hebrew classes, like our recently opened mini-yeshiva, are taught by Rabbi Yitzhak Rapoport, a former Shavei emissary to Poland who continues to work with the Polish Jewish community...

Shavei Israel Chairman visited the Jews of Kaifeng, China last week. In this column that originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post, he reports on his visit, and on the remarkable history - and future - of one of the most far flung and remarkable Jewish...

Just in time for Purim, when we celebrate the ancient deliverance of the Jewish people, a long-suffering Jewish community has received some remarkably good tidings. After nearly a decade of bureaucratic torment and agony, the remaining Subbotnik Jews of the former Soviet Union will at...

Polish-speaking “Hidden Jews” have a new way of connecting to their heritage. Shavei Israel is launching a weekly “mini-yeshiva” to be taught entirely online by Rabbi Yitzhak Rapoport. The new online service is intended for Polish Jews not living near one of the main Shavei...

Are Spanish King Ferdinand and his wife Queen Isabella burning with rage? Over five centuries after they cruelly expelled the country’s Jews in 1492, Spain now finds itself clamoring for their return. The Spanish government has approved a draft bill offering citizenship to descendants of...

Tu B’Shvat – the Jewish holiday familiar to every Israeli from kindergarten on up as the “New Year for the Trees” – is not so well known among the Subbotnik Jewish community of Russia. So, last week, Shavei Israel sponsored a festive Tu B’Shvat party...