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...
The Jewish World magazine includes an article about how the Bnei Menashe celebrate Israel Independence Day back in India. The article describes the main ceremony in Churachandpur, where Shavei Israel's operations are headquartered, which attracted 1,500 people this year from throughout the Indian state of...
In the next in our series on “Bnei Menashe – in their own words,” we meet Eliezer Haokip, who is praying to make aliyah this summer. Eliezer needs your help. You can sponsor him and his Bnei Menashe family for just $4,000 per immigrant. Read...
As we continue our series, “Bnei Menashe – in their own words," please meet Miriam Nenghoichong Haokip and her family, from Churachandpur, Manipur. Miriam tells her story - of growing up Jewish in India and of her yearning to make aliyah to the land of...
Check out this five minute documentary about the Jews of Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Once a thriving community, most have moved to Israel and today, only 20 Jews remain in the city, out of a population of 15 million. Nevertheless, the city keeps its three synagogues...
Pilgrims to Joseph's Tomb in the Biblical city of Shechem on Monday night were treated to moving scenes, as members of a lost Tribe of Israel - the Bnei Menashe - reunited with their ancient forefather for the first time in well over two millennia....
Today we begin a new series, "Bnei Menashe - in their own words." In the coming weeks, we will present the stories of some of the Bnei Menashe families who are praying to make aliyah this summer. But we need your help. You can sponsor...
When family and friends used to ask Baruch Israel what he wanted to be when he grew up, he didn’t answer like the other kids by specifying a profession. It wasn’t a doctor or a lawyer to which Baruch aspired. “When I grow up, I...
Shavei Israel’s main outreach to the Subbotnik Jewish community in Russia has been in the small town of Visoky. But there are many more Subbotnik Jews throughout southern Russia. Shavei Israel has now launched a new initiative to meet some of these lesser-known communities, starting...
Agnieszka Z was on her way to Israel for the first time. That's because only two years ago, when she was 19, her grandmother invited her to her home for a chat and said the words she heard would change her life forever: “My child,...
