[caption id="attachment_8063" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Dressing up while reading the Megillah in Manipur"][/caption] “It was the best Purim ever” is how Shavei Israel’s emissary to the Bnei Menashe in India, Yochanan Phatluel, described the holiday celebration this year at Beith Shalom, the Shavei Israel Hebrew Center in...
The highlight of this year's Purim celebrations with the Bnei Menashe in India was "Esther's Beauty Pageant." The women-only event featured costumes designed by the community’s mikveh (ritual bath) attendant, Rukhama Jolly. The contestants paraded across the stage to a hip hop and rock music...
The central service for Purim is the reading of the Megillah (the Scroll of Esther), which tells the story of the holiday. The Bnei Menashe are blessed to have several talented readers who presented the Megillah before the entire congregation this year in Manipur. Here...
The Bnei Menashe Purim celebration in Manipur was a colorful collection of creative costumes. Here are a few of the best. [nggallery id=124]...
Here are some pictures of the Bnei Menahse celebration of Purim in Manipur, India for 2012. [nggallery id=126]...
[caption id="attachment_8045" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Antonio Pina poses at the facade of the church Montesion built on one of the first synagogues in Palma, Majorca, Spain"][/caption] Centuries after his ancestors were forced to convert to Roman Catholicism, Antonio Pina could still find signs of his family's Jewish...
Simeon Hatlang, one of two Shavei “Fellows” to the Bnei Menashe in Burma (Myanmar) was recently in Manipur, India to learn Hebrew and Judaism as part of a study program sponsored by Shavei Israel. Here are some photos of Simeon during his visit. If he looks young, that's because...
[caption id="attachment_8004" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Simeon Hatlung learns to bake matzah with Yafa Phaltual and Rukha Neihsiel"][/caption] We conclude our updates from Shavei Israel’s six-week visit to the Bnei Menashe with this report from Simeon Hatlang, one of two Shavei “Fellows” to the Bnei Menashe in Myanmar...
Shimon Hatlang es uno de los dos emisarios de Shavei Israel para la comunidad de Burma, con solo 17 años ya ha comenzado a entrenarse para liderar dicha comunidad con éxito, estudiando hebreo, halajá e incluso conocimiento práctico tal como construir una suca y hornear...
