[caption id="attachment_9313" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Affixing the first mezuza in Trancoso in 500 years!"][/caption] Transcoso is a tiny village in the north of Portugal. But, in the 14th and 15th centuries, Trancoso was home to a large and flourishing Jewish community. That came to an end with...
[caption id="attachment_9271" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Adina Li with the Gu Zheng"][/caption] Have you ever seen a Gu Zheng? It is a unique Chinese string instrument that looks like a small harp resting on its side. The Gu Zheng will be featured as part of a CD project...
Last month, Irene Orleansky, an Israeli musician who is traveling around the world making recordings of Jewish music, stopped in Kaifeng. Here are some pictures from the recording session, including several of young Adina Li playing a traditional Chinese instrument, the Gu Zheng. [nggallery id=153]...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund visited the Bene Israel community in Mumbai in June 2012. Here is a selection of pictures. [nggallery id=149]...
[caption id="attachment_9203" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Only pre-war synagogue that is still open in Vilna"][/caption] Vilna was one of the most famous Jewish cities in pre-World War II Europe, known around the world for its Torah institutions and scholars, especially the fabled Vilna Gaon. Before the war, the city...
Jewish students at Vilna Jewish school perform the classic "A Yiddishe Mama" - in fluent Yiddish! [youtube]https://youtu.be/ICanEsD_3gw[/youtube] Here's the translation: I’d like to ask of you a question, tell me who knows With which dear possession does G-d bless everyone It cannot be bought for money, it’s given only for...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was in Vilna last month. Here are some pictures from the community. [nggallery id=147]...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was in Vilna last month and visited a Jewish kindergarten – a moving testament to the unprecedented revitalization of Jewish life in what was once known as “The Jerusalem of Lithuania.” Here are some pictures: [nggallery id=148]...
