One hundred Bnei Menashe are due to make aliyah in November, with Shavei Israel's help. The new group is coming from the Indian state of Manipur and will arrive on two flights of 50 people each. Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund will be accompanying them...
Sarah Israel has written a book about her family’s Jewish journey – from hidden Bnei Anousim roots and mysterious family traditions revealed after 500 years of hiding in Spain, to formally converting to Judaism in Jerusalem in 2009, to her son's Baruch’s first pair of...
Tuesday, August 22 is a date that Tamara Sobyleva will never forget. That’s the day she received her teudat zehut – her Israeli identification card – ending a decade-long process that has been both joyous and bittersweet for the 57-year-old former resident of Vysoki, Russia....
The Portuguese town of Belmonte has renovated and reopened its Jewish museum, which is the largest in the world about Bnei Anousim. The project had a budget of $350,000 and was timed to be ready for the annual European Days of Jewish Culture project which...
Sarah H. is from USA. She’ll be starting her studies at Columbia University in just a few weeks. Aria Smordin is from Vancouver, Canada. She will be joining the Israel Defense Forces later this fall. But for two weeks this past July, Sarah and Aria...
It’s back! By popular demand, Shavei Israel is once again producing a beautiful Jewish calendar chock full of photos from the lost and “hidden” communities with whom we work. You’ll learn more about our communities in China, Colombia, India, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Russia, El Salvador,...
Neda Amin was an Iranian blogger writing for the Times of Israel Persian-language website. A journalist who was critical of the Iranian regime, Amin had left Iran for Turkey in 2014. A few months ago, Amin had a desperate message: her life was in danger....
Last month, an unprecedented congress took place in Portugal: three days of academic conferences, led by renowned historians, about the Jewish past in Portugal. The event took place in Braganza, a Portuguese city with a great Jewish past. Captain Arthur Barros Bastos, known as the "Portuguese...
Shomria in the northern Negev decided to open a special summer camp for the children of the Bnei Menashe community from Upper Nazareth and host them in their community....
Now featured on the Jewish Speakers Bureau website are Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund and Shavei's director of marketing Laura Ben-David. The JSB aims to bring top-notch speakers to synagogues, Jewish community centers, educational institutions and organizations (both Jewish and non-Jewish) in the U.S. and...
