Shavei Israel has published two new books just in time for the Jewish High Holy Days. The first is a much-requested booklet of Selichot, the penitential poems and prayers traditionally recited in the days leading up to Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. It's in the...
Shavei Israel has once again been awarded a grant from the Natan Fund, a community of young philanthropists based in New York City, dedicated to promoting Jewish and Israeli social innovation. Founded in 2002, the Natan Fund has provided more than $10.8 million in grants...
Shavei Israel’s director of marketing Laura Ben-David gave a presentation at last week’s Limmud Jerusalem conference. It was the first time Shavei Israel has participated in Limmud, which has for thirty years run Jewish conferences around the world. Ben-David’s presentation was entitled “One nation, many...
Newsweek magazine has an in-depth feature this week on Shavei Israel's activities in Lodz, Poland. Writer Stav Ziv spoke with Miriam Szychowska, who will be the ganenet (teacher) for Gan Miriam, the city's first Jewish kindergarten in decades. The article also discusses the overall Jewish...
Shavei Israel, in partnership with the Lodz Jewish community, is opening the first Jewish kindergarten in decades in the this Polish city, some 70 years after the Germans liquidated the Lodz Ghetto and sent its remaining Jews to Auschwitz. The new kindergarten, Gan Matanel, represents...
When Shavei Israel announced the publication last week of its new book in Spanish, Do You Have Jewish Roots?, we expected a few hundred people to request a free download of the eBook version. But within 48 hours, so many people had clicked to receive...
For the first time, the commander of an Israel Defense Forces unit in charge of acclimatizing and integrating new immigrant soldiers into the army has reached out to Shavei Israel for help. The officer in charge of the "Michve Alon" army base in the north...
What made Li, Fan and Xue’s journey so unique was the history they were making, as they became the first group of Chinese Jews to join Israeli army since the modern rebirth of the Jewish state. Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund's article about this unique...
The Internet has been all abuzz in the past few weeks with video about Shavei Israel. We wanted to share a few of those links with you. The video is from a group of Benie Menashe visiting the Western Wall for the first time. You...
Have you ever wondered if you might have Jewish roots? Is there a family tradition that seems unusual and that you don’t know where it comes from? Maybe your name is similar to other Jewish names from long ago? Shavei Israel is here to help....
