This week the Ma'ani Center, along with Israel's Ministry of Culture, presented Esther Astrug, as she shared her extraordinary story to a Spanish-speaking audience; the latest in the series of conferences devoted to various lost and hidden Jewish communities around the world. Esther, who converted...
Shavei Israel is excited and proud to be partnering with the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) and opening an English language Ulpan Giyur (Jewish conversion course) in Jerusalem, under the auspices of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. Shavei Israel Founder and Chairman Michael Freund said Shavei Israel...
As the Jewish people were united with the land of Israel, we were commanded to carve stone tablets that would “well clarify” the Torah. The Gemara in Tractate Sotah mentions that this means they were carved in the 70 languages of the world at the...
כמקובל בכל כך הרבה מקומות עבודה בישראל, צוות 'שבי ישראל' הרים כוסית לקראת השנה החדשה. כאשר שחזרנו את האתגרים וההישגים הרבים של השנה החולפת, כולל הבאת מעל 500 בני מנשה לישראל למרות המגפה העולמית, הבענו גם את תקוותינו וחלומותינו לשנה הקרובה, לכל הקהילות איתן אנו...
This week was cause for celebration as the Shavei Israel staff joined several rabbis and teachers in greeting ten students from around the world who have one important thing in common: they have all chosen to join the Jewish faith and are the first students...
The Jewish holiday of Tu B’shvat is also known as “Rosh Hashana for the Trees.” As we celebrate, in Israel and around the world, people enjoy the fruit of the trees - especially those of the seven species of Israel. Another ubiquitous Tu Beshevat activity...
When Shavei Israel’s director of marketing and new media Laura Ben-David found herself traveling to Boca Raton, Florida, the neighborhood where Simi, our dedicated volunteer lives, Simi's parents, Sharon & Steven Langert, opened their home to host a talk about some of the lost and...
It is always with the greatest of pleasure that we receive joyful stories and photos like these from our communities around the world. This time we received photos from the mother of Rajel Muñoz Rivadeneira, a bat mitzvah girl from Ambato, Ecuador who celebrated her...
Ma'ani Center, a Shavei Israel project sponsored by Israel's Ministry of Culture, had its latest ‘Higanu Habaita’ program. This series of seminars, whose title means ‘We’ve returned home,’ introduces new immigrants with exceptional stories. This week we brought Yonatan Kashtan who served from 2016-2019 in...
מתוקים בסירופ ג'ני מילגרום, ידידה היקרה של שבי ישראל, נולדה בהוואנה שבקובה למשפחה קתולית של שושלת ספרד. בעבודת גנאולוגיה שאין שני לה, היא הצליחה לתעד במלואה את השושלת היהודית האימהית הבלתי-שבורה שלה 22 דורות שהגיעו עד 1405 לספרד ופורטוגל לפני האינקוויזיציה. היא נסעה רבות לפרמוסלה, (Fermoselle...
