Becky Melamed knows how tough it is to be a new immigrant. She arrived in Israel from New York with her family in 2009 when she was just six years old. So, as she was turning 12 and planning her bat mitzvah, she knew she...
Arutz 7 TV's Yoni Kempinski was at Ben-Gurion Airport last week to greet the third flight of Bnei Menashe to make aliyah. He interviews Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund, Israeli Interior Minister Silvan Shalom and Miriam, a young Bnei Menashe new immigrant. The three minute...
Yet another group of “lost Jews,” the Bnei Menashe, arrived in Israel Thursday morning, marking the third time this month Israel has conducted an airlift of the group's members. Israeli Interior Minister Silvan Shalom met the group at Ben-Gurion Airport. Here's the story....
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was interviewed on Israel Radio's English language news program about the aliyah from India last week of 250 Bnei Menashe. The interview reviews the history of the Bnei Menashe, their Zionist commitment to Israel and Shavei Israel's success in bringing...
Seventy-eight Bnei Menashe arrived in Israel last week. Another 80 arrived yesterday. Shavei Israel's director of marketing Laura Ben-David was at Ben-Gurion Airport last week and took some breathtaking photos of the Bnei Menashe as they first encountered their new home. You can see all...
It is happening! The Bnei Menashe aliyah has begun. Let's meet another Bnei Menashe family on its way to Israel this summer. Makhir Thouthang is from the village of Saikul in Manipur, India. His mother Milka taught him Bible stories when he was young while...
Seventy-eight Bnei Menashe arrivals landed at Ben Gurion Airport. It is the first in a series of three flights, with the other two next week bringing the rest of some 250 arrivals in total. Thursday night’s group brought the number of Bnei Menashe immigrants to...
Somewhere deep in the netherworld, Spanish King Ferdinand and his wife Queen Isabella are most assuredly burning with rage. Over five centuries after the cruel monarchs expelled the country's Jews in 1492, Spain has at last approved a law offering citizenship to their descendants, thereby...
The countdown has begun! In just 7 days, Malka Sitlhou and her family will be reunited with Malka's sister, Rachel, who already lives in Israel with her family. Malka's father instilled in her the dream of aliyah. He sadly passed away before being able to...
Journalists looking for background on a new law passed last week in Spain granting the right of citizenship to Bnei Anousim have turned to Shavei Israel. Three articles appearing in The Jerusalem Post and JTA quote Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund on the new Spanish...
