It’s called “Study of Torah Street” in Chinese and for hundreds of years was the center of Jewish life in the ancient Chinese capital of Kaifeng. But since the 1850s, when the synagogue was shuttered and the last rabbi passed away, the “Study of Torah...
Shavei Israel held its first ever weekend Shabbaton in Katowice, Poland at the end of October. Seventy people from throughout Poland (and a few special guests from Israel, including Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund) attended the 3-day seminar, including 40 from the Katowice community itself....
Ariel and Moria Shishliannikov are the latest members of the Subbotnik Jewish community of Russia to make aliyah. But they are also the first to do so since 2005, when Israel’s government inexplicably shut down the aliyah of the Subbotnik Jews. Now, with Shavei Israel’s...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund will be speaking this Thursday, November 7, 2013, at Touro College and University in New York. If you're in town, click here to view more details....
Slowly and somewhat hesitantly, Karol began to recite the blessing before the reading of the Torah. With his parents and siblings looking on in evident pride, and the congregation enveloping him in warmth and joy, Karol underwent this sublime rite of passage into manhood, just...
He likes hamburgers and schnitzel; she prefers spicy curries. He’s a Sabra who grew up on a small moshav and she spent her first 20 years in the remote Indian state of Manipur and could only dream of what life might be like in the...
The Jerusalem Post interviews Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund about the government's decision to allow 899 Bnei Menashe from Mizoram to make aliyah in the coming months....
Shavei Israel is continuing its series of “cultural conferences” for Cheutas in Palma de Mallorca. The most recent seminar took place on Thursday, October 17 with special guest speaker Kfir Shahar flying in from Israel. ...
On Sunday morning, the Government of Israel unanimously passed a resolution allowing Shavei Israel to bring 899 Bnei Menashe from India to Israel. The government action means that Shavei Israel’s planning for the next wave of Bnei Menashe aliyah is now kicking into high gear....
A group of 10 people from southern Italy – including both Bnei Anousim and members of the Jewish community of Naples – were in Israel for 10 days over the summer for a special seminar co-sponsored by Shavei Israel. We have pictures and a video.Este...
