Simeon Hatlang, and Yona Kipgen, Shavei Israel’s two Bnei Menashe Fellows in Myanmar (Burma), led a festive Purim celebration at the new Ohel Michael synagogue in Tualmu. Immediately afterward, they headed to Moreh, India for an intensive pre-Passover traning seminar. Here are some pictures of both. [nggallery id=133]Simeon...
For nearly a decade, Shavei Israel has shipped up to 60 kilograms of matzah a year to India for the Bnei Menashe to use during the week of Passover. That has now come to an end: the Bnei Menashe no longer need our assistance. They...
On April 1, 2012, 14-year-old Sander Bochernikov had his brit milah (ritual circumcision) in the city of Moscow. Sander is the son of the vice president of the Visoky Subotnik community. Sander and his family formally returned to Judaism during during the holiday of Chanukah; the brit milah was the conclusion of the process. Mazal tov! [nggallery id...
La comunidad de Belmonte, donde se desempe?a nuestro emisario el Rabino Elisha Salas, cuenta con un nuevo integrante, el peque?o Ahar?n. La ceremonia del Brit Mil? fue muy emotiva, la comunidad cant? alegremente dando la bienvenida al reci?n nacido. El mohel cirujano lleg? desde Lisboa,...
AFP (Agent France Presse) visits the Bnei Menashe for Purim 2012. Here is a wonderful report on the community, their Purim celebrations and their current situation. AFP (Agent France Presse) visita a los Bnei Menashe en Purim 2012. Aquí les traemos un excelente reporte de la...
Recipe for "Gato de Almendras Pesaj" Translated by Jan Lee [caption id="attachment_8288" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Mallorcan Almond Torte"][/caption] A published author and chef, Antonio Pina is one of Mallorca’s foremost authorities on Balearic Island cuisine. We have profiled Pina here on the Shavei Israel website. He has devoted...
[caption id="attachment_5391" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="At Shavei's Bnei Menashe center in India "][/caption] By Abhaya Srivastava (AFP) CHURACHANDPUR, India — In a synagogue in northeast India, a group of men pray for the chance to "return home" to a country they have never seen and which their ancestors fled...
[caption id="attachment_8203" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Putting on tefillin in Brazil"][/caption] At the entrance to the fabled Amazon River, on the northern tip of Brazil, sits the teeming town of Belem. Colonized in the early 17th century by the Portuguese, the first settlers in the town also included...
Shavei Israel recently held a special seminar for Bnei Anousim in Campina Grande, Brazil. Here are a few pictures from the eight-day learning. [nggallery id=130]Shavei Israel, ha llevado a cabo recientemente un seminario especial para Bnei Anusim en Campinia Grande, Brasil. Aquí tiene algunas fotos de...
