Shavei Israel releases new Kuki-Hebrew siddur for Bnei Menashe
Shavei Israel publishes new version of the first-ever Kuki-Hebrew siddur for the Bnei Menashe.
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High school students marry off new immigrant couple
Against all odds and across distant borders, students at the Neveh Channah high school raise funds, organize wedding for new immigrants.
First known Chinese language dreidels produced for Kaifeng Jews
Shavei Israel produces hundreds of Dreidels with Mandarin text for Chinese Jews.
11 Bnei Menashe couples marry soon after making Aliyah
Couples marry in group ceremony at Shavei Israel center in Nordia weeks after making Aliyah from India.
Watch: Shavei Israel launches new conversion seminary for English speakers
Shavei Israel and Rabbinical Council of America launch English-language conversion institute in Jerusalem.
Jerusalem: Shavei Israel opens new English-language institute to smooth conversion process
Shavei Israel and Rabbinical Council of America to open English-language conversion institute in Jerusalem.
Subbotnik Jew granted Israeli citizenship after 3-year battle
After nearly three years of battling Israeli bureaucracy with the help of Shavei Israel, Anna Bocharnikova granted Israeli citizenship.
When elders reveal they're Jewish on their deathbeds
Mariusz Robert Opałko discovered he was Jewish at the age of 50. His wife also turned out to be a hidden Jew.
Jewish wedding at synagogue ruins is first in 1,500 years
Site of Europe's second-oldest synagogue hosts first Jewish wedding in over 1,500 years.
2 tons of matzah shipped from Israel to Poland Jewish community
Shavei Israel group sends 2 tons of matzah to provide for Poland's small Jewish community during the upcoming Passover holiday.
'There's a reason why Germany built its death camps in Poland'
Emergence of Polish hidden Jews proves Poland's anti-Semitic past, NGO says.
Families reunite as 82 Bnei Menashe immigrate to Israel
Chen hasn't seen her sister for 15 years. Yaakov didn't see his mother for 3 years. Last night, thanks to "Shavei Israel" they reunited.
102 'Bnei Menashe' officially join Israeli society
Indian immigrants leave absorption center, settle in Nazareth Illit.
10 Indian-Jewish ‘lost tribe’ couples remarried in Israel
Ten Indian-Jewish couples from the Bnei Menashe “lost tribe” marry in a Jewish ceremony at an absorption center in northern Israel.
Bnei Menashe tribe prepare for Passover in northern India
Bnei Menashe prepare matzot for Pesach, hope to immigrate to Israel.
15 Polish 'hidden Jews' make first Israel visit
The Shavei Israel organization brings group to celebrate Purim in the Jewish state.
Aliyah from China: Jewish history in the making
Arutz Sheva welcomes home 5 women from ancient Chinese Jewish community after thousands of years, in 'fulfillment of prophecy.'
Chinese Jews come home after thousands of years
In first Kaifeng Aliyah in seven years, women who reconnected with their ancient Jewish roots have their 'prayers answered.'
523 years after expulsion Sicilian Jewry reawakens
1,000 citizens of Palermo commemorated the expulsion and forced conversion of Sicilian Jews over five centuries ago.
Interview with Laura Ben-David of Shavei Israel
From today's ILTV edition. Shavei Israel works to bring lost and forgotten tribes of Israel back to their roots.
Bnei Menashe suffers damage in India quake
An earthquake in northeastern India caused 'extensive damage' to Ten Lost Tribes community in Manipur.
Bnei Menashe celebrate first Hanukkah in Israel
Members of 'lost tribe' who made aliyah just this past summer celebrate their first ever Hanukkah in the holy land.
Watch: Jews of Kaifeng celebrate Hanukkah
After many centuries, a small but powerful Jewish reawakening is occurring in China.
Jewish community in Kaifeng celebrates Hanukkah
Chinese Jews in Kaifeng, China, gather to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah and light the traditional menorah candles.
Lodz Opens First Jewish Kindergarten
Seven decades after Nazi extermination of Lodz ghetto, Polish city to open first Jewish kindergarten as Poland witnesses Jewish revival.
Minister Personally Greets New Bnei Menashe Olim
Some 100 Bnei Menashe immigrants landed in Ben Gurion Thursday, where they were welcomed by Interior Minister Silvan Shalom.
Group of 78 'Lost Jews' from India Makes Aliyah
Bnei Menashe will be settled in the Golan Heights – where their ancestors, the Menashe tribe, lived.
Moving Scenes as Bnei Menashe Visit Joseph's Tomb
100 recent olim from the Bnei Menashe tribe erupt into song as they visit their forefather Joseph's Tomb after 2,700 years apart.
Shavei Israel Has Brought Back Thousands of Jews
The organization has literally facilitated the return of thousands of people to Judaism around the world and is still seeing more demand.
Italy's Lost Jews are Returning
How one rabbi is leading efforts across Italy to build new communities for long lost Jews.
'Israel Must Not Lose Forced Converts to Portugal'
Portugal on Thursday approves giving Jewish Inquisition victims' descendants citizenship; 'Israel must reconnect them with Jewish people.'
Meet the Subbotniks - from Russia to Israel
Group of Russian Jews who kept their love for Shabbat, Judaism slowly making its way to Israel.
Video: Welcoming the Bnei Menashe Immigrants
A group of more than 200 Bnei Menashe immigrated to Israel recently. Watch the re-cap of the arrival and the emotional arrival ceremony.
Bnei Menashe Olim Visit Israeli Holy Sites
Dozens of olim from the Bnei Menashe tribe in northern India tour Israel's holy places for the first time in their lives.
'A Ray of Light' as Bnei Menashe Return from India
43 Jews from India arrive, bringing year total to a record 410. MK Lipman: 'the arrival should remind us of the special times we live in.'
Watch the 'Lions of Zion' Crowned in Jerusalem
See live feed of Moskowitz Prize for Zionism ceremony, recognizing key nationalists in Israel.
First Batch of 250 Bnei Menashe Arrive in Israel
First group of Bnei Menashe land in Israel from northeastern India; more than 200 to follow.
Historic Seder Held in Kaifeng
Remnants of ancient community returning to their Jewish roots with first Seder in memory, sponsored by Shavei Israel organization.
Kaifeng Community to Hold First Pesach Seder
Ancient Kaifeng community to hold community seder for the first time in 'historic' return to Jewish roots.
Watch A Chinese Jew's Heartfelt Passover Song
Ram, the cantor of China's renewed ancient Jewish community of Kaifeng, sings of redemption.
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