The small village of Trancoso, Portugal, will be the site of the first Jewish religious and cultural center in the country in more than 500 years. Shavei Israel will administer the center's programming. Here are some pictures from the signing ceremony between Shavei Israel staff...
[caption id="attachment_10074" align="alignleft" width="295"] Michael Freund and Mayor Júlio José Saraiva Sarmento of Trancoso signing the agreement[/caption] Isaac Cardoso was a Jewish physician and philosopher born in the small village of Trancoso, Portugal, in 1603 to a family of Bnei Anousim (people whose Jewish ancestors were compelled...
Por primera vez luego de 500 años, fue inaugurado un centro judío en Portugal. La idea de la creación y la financiación del mismo, fue llevada a cabo por la municipalidad de Trancoso, Portugal, donde se encuentra dicho centro. A mediados de noviembre, el alcalde...
[caption id="attachment_10054" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Jewish community in Bello, Colombia"][/caption] BELLO, Colombia — They were committed evangelicals, devoted to Jesus Christ. But what some here called a spark, an inescapable pull of their ancestors, led them in a different direction, to Judaism. There were the grandparents who wouldn’t eat...
[caption id="attachment_10041" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Jangboi Shmeon Sitlhou and family"][/caption] We continue with our profiles of Bnei Menashe who will be making aliyah in the coming months as part of the first flight of 275 community members from India. Jangboi Shmeon Sitlhou, 34, belongs to the Shivat...
[caption id="attachment_10034" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Michael Freund with the Bnei Menashe in Sderot: David Longdim, Eliezer Dongel, Ezra Touthang, Enosh Lhouvum, Bedan Kipgen, Shlomo Dongel, Gershon Toboy, and Yossi Longdim"][/caption] Last week, as Palestinian rockets rained down on Israel, Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund made his way...
Before Ariel and Moria Shishliannikov were able to fulfill their dream of re-marrying in a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony, the Subbotnik Jewish couple had to first formally return to Judaism, including immersion in a ritual bath. Here are a few pictures of Ariel emerging from the...
As they stood under the wedding canopy in the Archipova synagogue in Moscow, Ariel and Moria Shishliannikov were fulfilling a dream they have cherished for years. It’s not the first time they’ve been married. But it is their first time in a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony....
[caption id="attachment_9975" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ariel and Moria under the chuppah[/caption] As they stood under the wedding canopy in the Archipova synagogue in Moscow, Ariel and Moria Shishliannikov were fulfilling a dream they have cherished for years. It’s not the first time they’ve been married. But it is...
