In these challenging times, it is heartening to hear good news and we are happy to have some. Students from all over the world have all chosen to join the Jewish faith and are starting the new session at Machon Milton, the English language Ulpan...
Israel is nearly 100 days into a war that it never wanted, fighting against Hamas, a terrorist entity on its border who has already murdered over 1200 people including women, children and the elderly, as well as kidnapped 240 people. Many thousands of rockets have...
Last Shabbat was not very peaceful for three Bnei Menashe siblings in Nof Hagalil when their apartment caught fire and burned much of the contents. Luckily, Yonatan, Mayan and Esther, who made aliyah with Shavei Israel in 2021 from Manipur, India, were not home at the...
A bit of joy and hope for the future during a difficult time as friends and neighbors of the Thangjalam family, of the Bnei Menashe community in Nof Hagalil, celebrate the chalakah of little Israel Thangjalam. Traditional Jews often wait until a boy's third birthday before giving...
Yitzhak Chawngthu, 21 years old, is from from the Bnei Menashe community in Nof HaGalil. Yitzhak, the youngest of seven siblings, made aliyah in 2014 with his family, thanks to Shavei Israel. A soldier in the 931st Nahal Battalion, Yitzhak fought in a tough battle in...
The Jewish people are going through an extremely difficult time now. But there are some special moments that bring some necessary light to our lives and the last night of Chanukah we had a huge simcha (joy) when our dear Moshe Samuel got married to...
Ezra Janggousang, a B'nei Menashe child displaced from the ethnic fighting in northeast India, is the adorable child seen lighting the Chanukah candles in a number of photos coming out of the Shavei Israel Centre, Churachandpur, Manipur, in northeast India. Ezra, along with his family and...
When we think of Queen Esther, the first thing that comes to mind is that incredible Jewish woman who saved the children of Israel from the disastrous decree of King Achashverosh. At every moment in history we always find people who inspire us and transmit...
In these extremely challenging times for Israel and the Jewish people, seemingly against all odds, Shavei Israel continues to help those who wish to return to Israel and to the Jewish people. Since the start of the war with Hamas, when around the world people are...
The Bnei Menashe community of northeastern India gathered to hold special communal prayers for the people of Israel and for the safe return of those who were kidnapped to Gaza, as the Hamas attack on Israel left over 900 Israelis dead. "The Bnei Menashe in northeastern...
