Subbotniks

En medio de la festividad de jánuka, tuvo lugar un emotivo evento, la conversión oficial de 5 miembros de la comunidad de Visoky, una pareja con un niño y dos adultos. Luego de la conversión realizaron el casamiento judío de la pareja, el oficiante fue...

[caption id="attachment_7554" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Michael Freund with Bnei Menashe Kids in India"][/caption] The Westchester Jewish Life profiled Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund, who grew up in the town of Harrison in Westchester County, New York. Here is a reprint of the article. ---------------------------------- Reaching out to descendants of...

Rabbi Shlomo Zelig wife Rebbetzin Avrasin, came to visit  the village of Visoky where the Subbotnik Jews live. While the Rebbetzin was there she taught Hebrew to Jewish children and adults. [nggallery id=68]La esposa del enviado de Shavei Israel para los Subotniks, el Rab Shlomo Zelig Avrasin, ha realizado una visita a la aldea de Visoky y ha aprovechado la...

Back in Israel, the Subbotniks' history is known, but here in this place, this knowledge is a very important matter as the Subbotniks' history is almost completely unknown. Welcome Galina Ivanov! Our friends in Jerusalem requested of me to ask you about your family's history, about your father and your grandfather. Where were they from before coming to Zima? How did they begin their lives here, in this place? Just what did they do? Back in Israel, the Subbotniks’ history is known, but here in this place, this knowledge is a very important matter as the Subbotniks’ history is almost completely unknown.