Yom Yerushalayim - Jerusalem Day - marks the reunification of Israel's capital following the Six Day War in 1967. It is an emotional day for veteran Israelis and even more so for new immigrants who only recently saw Jerusalem for the first time. A group of...
Do the Palestinians have Jewish roots? The question may sound fanciful. But not only do many Jews and Palestinians share remarkably similar DNA, there are also numerous customs and even names that overlap....
On most weekday mornings, the synagogue in Belmonte Portugal stands alert but empty. The small Bnei Anousim community in town just can’t take the time off from work to make up a minyan, Shavei Israel’s emissary to Portugal, Rabbi Elisha Salas laments. But last week, the...
Last week the Jewish world celebrated Lag B’Omer, the 33rd day of the period between Passover and the holiday of Shavuot, marked in Israel and around the Jewish world with special prayers, visits to the graves of holy men and, for the young (and young-at-heart), bonfires! Shavei...
Bonfires, a visiting chief rabbi and a movie being made by Steven Spielberg’s sister: these are some of the activities that have been keeping the Jewish community of Lodz, Poland, busy in the last month. Shavei Israel’s emissaries to Lodz, Poland, Miriam and Rabbi Dawid...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was profiled in the Swedish-language newspaper in Finland Kyrkpressen last week where he spoke about Shavei Israel's activities in general and with the Bnei Menashe in particular. Can you read or understand Swedish? Then check out the two page spread that appeared in...
One of the most important programs for ensuring the successful absorption into Israel of new immigrants from the Bnei Menashe has been the creation of a network of adoptive families. These families welcome the newcomers from India into their homes, inviting them for Shabbat and...
Last week we reported on the planned Shabbaton that was to take place at the newly kosher Har Sinai Hotel in Belmonte, Portugal. Now we have pictures from the event itself. Shavei Israeli’s emissary Rabbi Elisha Salas and Rabbi Isroel Nachum from Safed hosted a group...
We asked all the Shavei Israel emissaries to the communities we support around the world to share with us pictures of their Yom Ha’atzmaut (Independence Day) celebrations. How did we mark Israel’s 68th birthday this year? Here’s a visual tour: India Over 200 hundred Bnei Menashe descended on Shavei...
Waving Israeli flags, singing songs in Hebrew and brandishing letters in support of the Jewish State, the Bnei Anousim community of Portugal gathered in front of the Israeli embassy in Lisbon on Yom Ha’atzmaut last week to celebrate Israel’s 68th birthday. The rally was organized in...
