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Playing the Gu Zheng in China
 | | Adina Li with the Gu Zheng |
Have you ever seen a Gu Zheng? It is a unique Chinese string instrument that looks like a small harp resting on its side. The Gu Zheng will be featured as part of a CD project being produced by Irene Orleansky, an Israeli musician who is traveling around the world, making recordings of Jewish music. She stopped in Kaifeng earlier this month to visit the Jewish community there.
Click here to read more about Irene's visit.
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Bnei Menashe making aliyah
As the resumption of the Bnei Menashe aliyah draws closer, we would like to share with you the stories of some of the new immigrants Shavei Israel will be bringing to Israel on that historic first flight from India. Here is our first inspirational tale:
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Meet Ruth Ngaijalhing Lhungdim
 | | Ruth Lhungdim and her family - ready to make aliyah |
My name is Ruth Ngaijalhing Lhungdim. I am 55-years-old and a member of the Beit Shalom Jewish Community of Churachandpur in Manipur, India. I am a widow earning a livelihood as an entrepreneur in my hometown with my younger children helping me. My sons, Amos, Reuben and Obed, who are in their early to mid-twenties, have high hopes to make aliyah, serve in the Israel Defense Forces, work, and get married in Israel so they can raise decent Jewish families.
Click here to read more of Ruth Lhungdim's story.
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