For the past 10 years, more than 7,000 Bnei Menashe still living in India have been praying using a siddur (prayer book) that Shavei Israel produced especially for the community. This one-of-a-kind siddur has the Hebrew prayers spelled out phonetically in the Bnei Menashe languages...
El Rabino Elisha Salas, enviado de Shavei Israel en Belmonte-Portugal, ha desarrollado un nuevo proyecto de capacitación de jazanim los cuales se preparan para oficiar en la comunidad cuando el Rabino se encuentra ausente. Aquí les traemos fotos de los jóvenes participantes. [nggallery id=105] ...
[caption id="attachment_7557" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Michael Freund, Max Jackl and Beata Schulman"][/caption] During the Holocaust, 90 percent of Poland’s three million Jews were murdered by the Nazis. Of those who survived, many chose to remain in Poland and hide their Jewish identity to escape Nazi...
Shavei Israel is currently helping to support the building and renovation of two Bnei Menashe synagogues in the Indian state of Manipur. In the village of Patlen, the Bnei Menashe community is building its first ever synagogue. In the town of Churachandpur, Beit Shalom –...
[caption id="attachment_7497" align="alignleft" width="229" caption="Lighting Hanukah Candles in Belmonte"][/caption] An article by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin appeared in this weekend's Jerusalem Post. Rabbi Riskin describes his visit to the new synagogue in Belmonte, Portugal. He his guide was Rabbi Elisha Sales, Shavei Israel's emissary. The original article...
In November, Shavei Israel sponsored activities from the "Ner L'elef" (Thousand Candle) organization in Krakow, Poland. There were classes with Rabbi Boaz Pash on the 613 mitzvot, Rabbi Gluck on The Chosen People, Sofia Redikovska of the biblical book of Daniel, and Slavek Pastuszka on...
On the eve of Yom Kippur, there was a special dinner for the elderly in the community of Krakow. Shavei Israel's emissary, Rabbi Boaz Pash, took part. Here are some pictures. [nggallery id = 102] En la víspera de Iom Kipur tuvo lugar una cena especial para...
[caption id="attachment_7437" align="alignleft" width="155" caption="The English version of Hayim Donin's book, now translated into Spanish"][/caption] Following Shavei Israel’s seminar for Bnei Anousim and Chuetas in Palma de Mallorca in November, we are now sending books on Jewish learning to six members of the community who...
