Seventy-eight Bnei Menashe arrived in Israel last week. Another 80 arrived yesterday. Shavei Israel's director of marketing Laura Ben-David was at Ben-Gurion Airport last week and took some breathtaking photos of the Bnei Menashe as they first encountered their new home. You can see all...
“With hope and prayer we celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut this year in Manipur, but next year in Zion!” writes Shavei Israel’s coordinator for the Bnei Menashe in India Meital Singson. That was the theme of this year’s Israel Independence Day celebrations in Manipur, which drew more...
The aliyah from India is back - the first of several flights of Bnei Menashe new immigrants from the Indian state of Manipur landed last week. We have a few preview pictures below. Shavei Israel staff is now in India preparing another 200 immigrants who...
When a recent group of Bnei Menashe immigrants visited Jerusalem for the first time, we sent our photographer to capture the excitement. Here is a selection of photos that evoke the atmosphere of that special day....
The aliyah from India continues and we have some fantastic pictures. We follow the latest group of Bnei Menashe on their journey home, starting with a collection of photos taken in India before their departure, another set upon arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport in Israel, and...
160 Bnei Menashe visited the Kotel (the Western Wall) last month. All were part of the most recent waves of aliyah from Mizoram who arrived in the early part of 2014. This was the first visit of the group since they completed a full return...
Are Spanish King Ferdinand and his wife Queen Isabella burning with rage? Over five centuries after they cruelly expelled the country’s Jews in 1492, Spain now finds itself clamoring for their return. The Spanish government has approved a draft bill offering citizenship to descendants of...
Shavei Israel has launched a new series of translations into Chinese to better familiarize the small Jewish community living in Kaifeng, China, with various aspects of Jewish observance. The translations cover various prayers, blessings and ceremonies. The first two are now ready: the familiar Shema...
What goes into making a good Kiddush meal after the Shabbat morning service in synagogue? Some homemade cakes and cookies, maybe a little kugel and, if it’s a very special spread, cholent. But when the Ohel Ari synagogue in Ra'anana hosted a group of Bnei...
It was a modest ceremony for a modest group, in numbers, demeanor and dress. But the graduation of ten students from the Hadassah Dental School in Jerusalem on December 31, 2013, as part of a program sponsored by Shavei Israel, will make much more than...
