[caption id="attachment_26366" align="alignleft" width="168"] Eliza Schwartzman[/caption] She grew up in an environment of extreme anti-Semitism. She fled her war-torn country for safe haven in another where she was able to publicly embrace her Jewish roots. Eliza Schwartzman is not your typical Polish “Hidden” Jew. In fact,...
Shavei Israel’s first ever Purim seminar for young Jews from Poland has now wrapped up. The 14 participants had a delightful ten days in Israel…and we have the pictures to prove it. Shavei Israel’s director of marketing and new media Laura Ben David joined the group...
Last week, we gave you a preview of Purim festivities at Shavei Israel-supported communities around the world (our newsletter was published before the actual holiday). Now we have some photos from the Megillah readings and Purim parties themselves. (Plus a special pre-Passover bonus from Portugal.) Chile The...
It’s Purim and Shavei Israel communities around the world are celebrating. Purim commemorates the Jewish victory 2,000 years ago over Haman’s evil plans in ancient Persia. There are enough surprising twists and daredevil turns in the story to keep the plot of the Megillah, the...
Shavei Israel’s first ever Purim seminar for young Jews from Poland kicked off this week. Fourteen participants from across Poland landed at Ben-Gurion Airport on Monday and began touring the country as part of a quick, one-week trip to Israel. Shavei Israel has for many years run...
Gao Yichen, Yue Ting, Li Jing, Li Yuan and Li Chengjin, the five Chinese Jewish women who made aliyah earlier this month with Shavei Israel’s help, are now all settled in and studying at Midreshet Nishmat – the Jeanie Schottenstein Center for Advanced Torah Study...
Kosher travelers to Belmonte, Portugal may soon no longer have to worry about checking ingredients, avoiding foods that mix milk and meat, or steering clear of treife. Shavei Israel’s emissary to the region, Rabbi Elisha Salas is working with the 27-room three-star Har Sinai (Mount...
Shavei Israel participated in a conference held by the Ebenezer organization, a Christian group that aims to help the Jewish people return to Israel “in fulfillment of Biblical prophecy.” Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund spoke and recent Bnei Menashe immigrants presented a traditional dance from...
We haven’t checked in for a while with the Bnei Menashe who Shavei Israel helped made aliyah in the last year, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t been busy. Here are a few photos of Bnei Menashe activities in Israel over the past few months. First...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund recently visited the tiny Subbotnik Jewish community in the Ukrainian village of Krivoy Rog. We’ve written about the community here. There are 56 Subbotnik Jews in this eastern Ukranian town, but their isolation has not dampened their enthusiasm or commitment...
