Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was interviewed last week on Israeli television. He spoke about about Shavei Israel's activities and the resumption of aliyah from India. Joining him on the program was Yecholiah (Jin Jin), a Chinese Jew from Kaifeng who we have profiled in...
The Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which commemorates the Jewish people’s receipt of the Torah on Mount Sinai as they journeyed in the desert, will be celebrated in Israel and around the world this week. The Subbotnik Jewish community has an extra reason to rejoice: Shavei...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was interviewed on TLV1, a new Internet-only English-language radio station broadcasting from Israel. Program host Rogel Alpher and Michael discuss a wide range of topics, from how Michael came to move to Israel to the founding of Shavei Israel. ...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund has received the 2014 Moskowitz Prize for Zionism. Established in 2008 and dubbed the "Lion of Zion" award, the prize recognizes "people who put Zionism into action." Freund will receive the prize in a ceremony on Thursday, May 29, 2014,...
The aliyah of the Bnei Menashe from India is once again under way. Just four months after bringing 160 Bnei Menashe to Israel, Shavei Israel has now started to bring the next group of 250 community members home to the Jewish state. Over the past...
Last week we shared the stories of Kinga, Olga and Catherine, three young Polish Jews who were visiting Israel. This week, the we turn to four young Jewish leaders from the Bnei Anousim community in southern Italy. Here's the stories of Carlo, Leah, Marco and...
Rabbi Avi Baumol, Shvavei's emissary to Krakow, Poland, has had a busy few months. He visited Bulgaria for a conference of European rabbis and is training for a fundraising bike trip from the Auschwitz concentration camp to the Krakow JCC. Perhaps the most personal: a...
Three remarkable young Jewish women from Poland recently visited Israel on a trip sponsored by Shavei Israel. Kinga’s mother had the unusual custom of saying "Gut Shabbos" every Friday night, but she had no idea what the phrase meant. Olga didn't know she was Jewish...
160 Bnei Menashe visited the Kotel (the Western Wall) last month. All were part of the most recent waves of aliyah from Mizoram who arrived in the early part of 2014. This was the first visit of the group since they completed a full return...
The Indian newspaper "The Hindu" ran a comprehensive article on the Bnei Menashe in advance of this year's Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) celebrations. We have it here....
