Jewish Activities for the Jews of Kaifeng, China

[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 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]...

[caption id="attachment_9185" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Mordechai Baite and his family"][/caption] My name is Otkhokai Mordechai Baite, aged 67. I was born to a family of priests among the Bnei Menashe. My father was the priest and leader of our village and was responsible for all the rituals...

[caption id="attachment_9181" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ruth Lhungdim and her family"][/caption] My name is Ruth Ngaijalhing Lhungdim. I am 55-years-old and a member of the Beit Shalom Jewish Community of Churachandpur in Manipur, India. I am a widow earning a livelihood as an entrepreneur in my hometown with my younger children helping me. My sons, Amos, Reuben and Obed, who are in their early to mid-twenties, have high hopes to make aliyah, serve in the Israel Defense Forces, work and get married in Israel so they can raise decent Jewish families. My youngest child and teenager Bathya has also set her goal to make aliyah at the earliest opportunity. I am blessed that three of my children are already in Israel. My oldest son David made aliyah in 2007 thanks to Shavei Israel. He has settled in Israel with his own family and is pursuing his dream of studying Torah in a yeshiva in Sderot. My daughter Rachel, who made aliyah in the same year as her brother, is now married to an Israeli yeshiva student and is managing her own home in Jerusalem. My second daughter, Rivka, is also in Israel and lives with her brother David while she participates in a computer-based technical training course. Before her move to Israel, Rivka taught Hebrew, Israeli songs, dance and skits to our community’s children, and she took an active part in the community overall development. It is my fervent prayer and hope – and all of my children’s prayers and hope – to be able to make aliyah to Israel and thus pursue our dreams in the Promised Land. With G-d’s help, it will materialize speedily.[caption id="attachment_9181" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Rith Lhungdim y familia"][/caption] Mi nombre es Ruth Ngaijalhing Lhungdim. Tengo 55 años y soy miembro de la Comunidad Judía Beit Shalom de Churachandpur en Manipur, India. Soy viuda y trabajo como empresaria en mi pueblo,  mis hijos me ayudan. Mis hijos Amos, Reubén y Obed, quienes se encuentran en sus tempranos veinte años, desean profundamente realizar aliá, servir en el ejército israelí, trabajar y casarse en Israel para así poder criar familias judías decentes. Mi hija más pequeña, Batia, también desea realizar aliá cuanto antes. Fui bendecida y tres de mis hijos ya se encuentran en Israel. Mi hijo mayor, David, realizó aliá en el 2007 gracias a Shavei Israel. Se ha asentado en Israel con su familia y está cumpliendo su sueño de estudiar Torá en la yeshivá de Sderot.

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