How did the communities that Shavei Israel supports celebrate Passover this year? Last week, we told you about the historic, first-ever community Pesach Seder being held in Kaifeng, China. Here’s a look at what’s happening with our emissaries in Poland, and with the Bnei Anousim...
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...
In the second of a two part series, we profile Nadia Shishliannikov, a young Subbotnik Jew in Israel to whom Shavei Israel has given a generous scholarship to assist with her education. Nadia is 22-years old and made aliyah from Russia in 1999 at the...
Shavei Israel has given two young Subbotnik Jews in Israel generous scholarships to assist them with their education. Here is a profile of one of the two: Vitaly Grigorenko, 27, who made aliyah from Voronezh in southern Russia in 2003. He is studying to become...
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...
The Jerusalem Post has a report on Immigration and Absorption Minister Sofa Landver who on Sunday during an interview with Israel Radio pledged to promote the aliyah of members of the Russian Subbotnik community...
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...
