El Salvador to hold weekend Shabbaton with special guests Michael Freund and Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum

Prior to the start of the Passover holiday, the Bnei Menashe in the Indian state of Manipur held a “Model Seder” – a large group run-through of the entire Haggadah, complete with explanations and speeches, so that the Bnei Menashe families will better know the...

Just in time for Pesach, Shavei Israel has published a new informational booklet for the Subbotnik Jewish community on the festival of freedom. The new booklet is the latest in a series published by Shavei Israel for the Subbotnik Jewish community. The latest booklet on...

Heng Shi is a Chinese Jew, born and raised in the city of Kaifeng, along the banks of the Yellow River, among hundreds of people in Kaifeng who are descendants of the city’s Jews. Through Shavei Israel's help, he made aliyah and now lives in...

Yotam Ginminthang Baite is 32 years old, with his own carpentry business, living on India’s northeastern border with Myanmar. All of his family - his parents, his siblings and their families - have already made aliyah to Israel. Finally Yotam, his wife and children are...

The Bnei Anousim community in Belmonte, Portugal has a new Hebrew teacher. Penina Amid, who taught Hebrew in the Israeli school system for most of her career and is now retired, is volunteering her time in Belmonte during March as part of an annual project...

When the Bnei Menashe arrive in Israel, their Jewish journey is not completely over: they still must undergo a formal conversion. In charge of that is the Chief Rabbinate's Conversion Authority, which pays regular visits to the Kfar Hasidim absorption center to meet the Bnei...