This weekend, the Jewish world celebrated the holiday of Shavuot, marking the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai 3,300 years ago. The Subbotnik Jewish community in Visoky, Russia, hasn't been around quite that long - the community was formed when peasants in southern Russia embraced Jewish...
Shavei Israel’s new emissary to the Subbotnik Jewish community in southern Russia, Aryeh Khodorkovsky, has been keeping busy during his first month in Visoky. He's sent us pictures of some of his activities. Also in Russia, historian Eldad Fedorchuk has just completed his visit to...
The Subbotnik Jewish community in Beit Shemesh held a pre-Shavuot party in anticipation of the holiday that celebrates Matan Torah - the giving of the Torah to the Jewish people from Mount Sinai. The event included cheesecake and a Shavuot quiz. We have pictures....
Purim 2015 has come and gone but the pictures are still flowing in to the Shavei Israel office. Now it’s time to share them with you. So strap on your jet pack, we’re going for a ride - from China to India, Poland to Portugal,...
The Subbotnik Jewish community in Beit Shemesh celebrated Tu B'Shvat this year with Shavei Israel's emissary Rabbi Zelig Avrasin and our coordinator for Eastern Europe and Russia, Esther Surikova. Here are a few pictures from the festivities. [nggallery id=282]...
We have more pictures from the Vysoky synagogue construction project for the Subbotnik Jewish community in Russia. It's really coming along! [nggallery id=281]...
Nuestro emisario para los subotniks en Visoky, el Rabino Shlomo Zelig Avrasin, pasó un intenso mes de abril en su comunidad. Gracias a su arduo trabajo, dos mujeres más pudieron realizar su conversión en el tribunal rabínico de Moscú y sumergirse en la mikve ese...
Here are some pictures from the Subbotnik Jewish community Purim celebrations in Visoky, Russia this year. [nggallery id=226]Aquí hay algunas fotos de la celebración de purim de los judíos subotniks de Visoky, Rusia, este año. [nggallery id=226] ...
Before Ariel and Moria Shishliannikov were able to fulfill their dream of re-marrying in a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony, the Subbotnik Jewish couple had to first formally return to Judaism, including immersion in a ritual bath. Here are a few pictures of Ariel emerging from the...
As they stood under the wedding canopy in the Archipova synagogue in Moscow, Ariel and Moria Shishliannikov were fulfilling a dream they have cherished for years. It’s not the first time they’ve been married. But it is their first time in a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony....
