Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund and Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum, Shavei’s Educational Director, returned last week from a visit to Kehilat Yosef Chaim, a unique community of Bnei Anousim in Santiago, Chile. The group consists of about 35 people, many of whom have been practicing Judaism...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund and Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum, Shavei’s Educational Director, returned last week from a visit to Kehilat Yosef Chaim, a unique community of Bnei Anousim in Santiago, Chile. Here are some pictures. [nggallery id=214] And here are a couple of videos taken during the...
[caption id="attachment_10615" align="alignnone" width="413"] Nathaniel Haokip (second from left) with family[/caption] Nathaniel (Ngamkholun) Haokip, 55, recently made aliyah from Manipur with his wife and three of his five children. But a serious illness almost took him from this world before he would be able to see...
[caption id="attachment_10612" align="alignleft" width="242"] Leah Singson[/caption] Leah Kimtinchong Singson, 68, is part of the Bnei Menashe group that made aliyah with Shavei Israel’s help in early 2013. Growing up, Leah’s father was known as Thiempu – it means “priest” in Kuki – and he served in...
El shabat pasado, parashat Itró, tuvo lugar un espléndido seminario de Shavei Israel en Palma de Mallorca, en el cual participaron alrededor de 50 personas de todo España. El seminario contó con la participación especial del Rabino Moshé Ben Dahán de Madrid y finalizó con...
In Palma de Mallorca this past weekend, dozens of people came together for s special seminar for Bnei Anousim sponsored by Shavei Israel. The Shabbaton featured as a special guest the Chief Rabbi of Madrid, Moshe Ben Dahan. The overall topic of the seminar, which included...
Here are a few photos from our most recent seminar in southern Italy. [nggallery id=211] ...
[caption id="attachment_10561" align="alignleft" width="300"] Participants in the seminar[/caption] When most people think of the Inquisition and the subsequent expulsion from the lands where Jews had lived for hundreds of years in Europe, the immediate connotation is with Spain and Portugal. But the perpetrators of the Inquisition...
Here are some photos of the visit by government and local municipality officials to the Givat Haviva absorption center for the Bnei Menashe. [nggallery id=210] ...
[caption id="attachment_10551" align="alignleft" width="300"] Absorption Ministry Director-General Dima Apartsev speaks to the advanced Hebrew class in Givat Haviva[/caption] In December 2012, Shavei Israel organized a special “study day” for 80 government and local city employees who will be working with the Bnei Menashe immigrants who are...
