Chaya’s Story: Discovering My Roots
Where I Truly Belong Many people ask me why I emigrated to Israel...
Books
Shavei’s Chinese Jewish resources in demand
As many people know, one of Shavei Israel's many projects is curating, writing and publishing books and materials in numerous languages, translations and transliterations for our various communities across the globe. Since the viral news about the dreidel with Chinese characters, we've been receiving many...
Our special connection with Genie Milgrom
Our connection to Genie Milgrom is deep and rich. Whether it is enjoying her company on her visits to our Jerusalem offices or benefiting from her tremendous work on behalf of the Bnei Anusim, the value that the genealogist and crypto-Jewish researcher adds to our...
Brand new Spanish-language ‘birkon’ is here
Dear Friends, With great pleasure Shavei Israel presents the new edition of its Birkon (Blessing after meals) in Spanish. With much love and dedication we have made a compilation of prayers, blessings and songs for the Shabbat table according to the Ashkenazi and Sephardic custom with...
“Do you have Jewish roots?” in Italian now available for purchasing
Shavei Israel's extremely popular book "Do you have Jewish Roots?", a practical guide to discover one's Jewish heritage, available as a free ebook in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, is now available for purchase in hard-copy in Italian, in addition to Spanish and Portuguese. You can...
New book chronicles a Bnei Anousim family’s journey from Spain to Jerusalem – and Shavei Israel’s role
Sarah Israel has written a book about her family’s Jewish journey – from hidden Bnei Anousim roots and mysterious family traditions revealed after 500 years of hiding in Spain, to formally converting to Judaism in Jerusalem in 2009, to her son's Baruch’s first pair of...