Israel celebrates its 68th birthday this evening as Yom HaZikaron – Memorial Day – transitions into Independence Day as the sun sets on the Mediterranean Sea. This is a very special day for Shavei Israel – after all, our name literally means “Israel Returns.” So it...
The newly kosher Har Sinai Hotel in Belmonte, Portugal (we wrote about it here) will be the site of a festive Shabbat this coming weekend. Shavei Israeli’s emissary Rabbi Elisha Salas and Rabbi Isroel Nachum from Safed are hosting a group of 80 American Jews in...
Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, sprawls over 275 square kilometers. A planned city that replaced Lagos as the country’s center of government in the 1980s, Abuja and its metropolitan area have close to three million residents who live either in the city’s relatively wealthy central...
Pesach may be in the past (hopefully you didn’t pass over it - sorry, we couldn't resist) but we have a few more pictures of Shavei Israel communities around the world celebrating the holiday that we wanted to share with you. Warsaw Shavei Israel’s emissary Rabbi Yehoshua...
On a recent whirlwind speaking tour in the U.S., every minute was accounted for and every action carefully planned out. So when I was approached, after a particular speech I gave in Southfield, Michigan, by a woman who wanted to know if I could speak...
Pesach is coming and Shavei Israel-supported communities around the world are getting ready! Here’s a round up of what they have planned in the run up to the Jewish world’s national holiday of liberation. Bnei Menashe The youngest members of the Bnei Menashe communities living in Tiberias...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was interviewed this week on Kol Israel Radio's English News program about immigration of the Falashmura community from Ethiopia. The Israeli government has given approval for 1,300 Falashmura to immigrate in June 2016. There are up to 9,000 Falashmura remaining...
Anyone who has ever gone shopping for the Passover holiday knows that it can get expensive. Preparing and buying the traditional foods for the Pesach meal – the matza, gefilte fish, haroset. chicken soup and brisket – can all add up. That’s not always so easy...
In a small Polish town of just 11,000 people with not a single Jew, a state-of-the-art Jewish museum has been built. Millions of dollars have been invested in restoring the town’s breathtaking synagogue. And now, a 150-year-old mikveh (Jewish ritual bath) that time had nearly...
In just a few short years, the Jerusalem Marathon has become one of the "must do" running events in the sporting world. This year, the Marathon attracted some a record setting 30,000 runners - from Israel and across the globe. Participants from 62 countries joined fitness...
