Purim is coming and Shavei Israel has just published a new booklet on the holiday for Spanish-speaking Bnei Anousim. The new guide includes articles about the holiday and its laws, as well as the full Scroll of Esther, that is read in synagogue during...
The Jerusalem Post has a report on Immigration and Absorption Minister Sofa Landver who on Sunday during an interview with Israel Radio pledged to promote the aliyah of members of the Russian Subbotnik community...
The Bnei Anousim community in Cartagena, Colombia, has a new Sefer Torah (Torah scroll). Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund and Shavei Educational Director Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum visited Cartagena for a festive dedication ceremony, which took place in February....
Shavei Israel’s emissary to southern Italy and Sicily, Rabbi Pinchas Punturello , recently organized a weekend Shabbaton for Bnei Anousim in the area. Some 20 people gathered in the town of Brindisi, the capital of the province of the same name. Participants spent the weekend...
Political unrest in Ukraine intensified over the last week. With thousands taking to the street to protest the government, the Jewish community in Ukraine, which numbers around 200,000 members, has been caught in the middle of the anti-government protests. Shavei Israel has worked closely...
Are Spanish King Ferdinand and his wife Queen Isabella burning with rage? Over five centuries after they cruelly expelled the country’s Jews in 1492, Spain now finds itself clamoring for their return. The Spanish government has approved a draft bill offering citizenship to descendants of...
Shavei Israel has launched a new series of translations into Chinese to better familiarize the small Jewish community living in Kaifeng, China, with various aspects of Jewish observance. The translations cover various prayers, blessings and ceremonies. The first two are now ready: the familiar Shema...
One of the fastest growing and increasingly popular professions for the Bnei Menashe is working as a bus driver. There are already 10 members of the community working for Egged (Israel’s national bus network) along with several smaller, local transportation companies. Tuvia Kipgen has...
What goes into making a good Kiddush meal after the Shabbat morning service in synagogue? Some homemade cakes and cookies, maybe a little kugel and, if it’s a very special spread, cholent. But when the Ohel Ari synagogue in Ra'anana hosted a group of Bnei...
El Rabino Isaac Aboud de México, ha llegado hace una semana a El Salvador como emisario de Shavei Israel. Ha brindado clases de Torá, oficiado servicios religiosos, pasado un shabatón con ellos y aquí compartimos las fotos de este hermoso encuentro. Que sea un shiduj...
