"I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I’m Jewish. I need proof. I need your help. I’m begging you. Please point me in the right direction.” Genie Milgrom receives hundreds of emails like this one every year. Milgrom, president of the Society...
“With hope and prayer we celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut this year in Manipur, but next year in Zion!” writes Shavei Israel’s coordinator for the Bnei Menashe in India Meital Singson. That was the theme of this year’s Israel Independence Day celebrations in Manipur, which drew more...
Two weeks ago, we shared with you a video of a group of American students on the Kivunim gap year program who visited the infamous Steri Palace in Palermo. Shavei Israel’s emissary Rabbi Pinhas Punturello made the visit happen and shot the video of the...
The New Jersey News reports on two couples who last year participated in a 15-day Jewish Heritage Tour of Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar. One of the participants presents her account of their introduction to the fascinating story of the Crypto Jews of Portugal. The group...
Thirty Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust as children recently traveled from Kraków, Poland, to Israel for a special week-long visit to the Jewish state organized by Shavei Israel and funded by money raised from the inaugural Ride of the Living that was supported by...
This year, Jews in Poland have an added reason to celebrate Israel Independence Day: the first ever booklet in Polish on Yom Ha’atzmaut has been published by Shavei Israel. The booklet was a real team effort. The idea came from Shavei Israel’s emissary to Krakow,...
The distance between the village of Kaleymo in Myanmar (Burma) and the northeastern Indian border town of Moreh is a mere 70 miles. But here, in the foothills of the Himalayas, the trip takes no less than a full day. That didn’t stop Emunah Hanvung...
Kivunim is a gap year program that brings pre-college American Jews to Jewish communities around the world to learn about their roots. The latest Kivunim cohort found themselves recently in Palermo where they met with Shavei Israel’s emissary to the Bnei Anousim in Sicily and...
A “Seder Amenim” is an ancient tradition where Jewish women come together for a festive meal in order to recite in unison five “Amen’s” following the blessings for the five main food categories. Women from the Bnei Menashe community in India have been observing the...
Our coordinator for the Jewish community of Kaifeng Eran Barzilay sent us some great pictures from Passover celebrations in China this year. The Jewish world marks the holiday pretty much the same way everywhere - with matzo, eggs and reading from the Haggadah - even...
