Lighting candles prior to Rosh Hashana in India

Yochanan Phaltual, Shavei Israel's emissary to the Bnei Menashe in Manipur, has sent us some lovely Rosh Hashana photos from India to light up your holiday celebrations this year. 

Click here to read about this year's Rosh Hashana at the Beith Shalom community center in Churachandpur, and here to view the pictures.

Xue Fei: "All I can think about these days is that I want to be Jewish."

With the new Jewish year upon us, Shavei Israel - in conjunction with the Israeli news website Ynet - has put together three very special Rosh Hashana profiles of Jews from communities which Shavei Israel supports: the Bnei Anousim, the Kaifeng Jews, and the Hidden Jews of Poland.  

Click here to read about Maria Fernanada Almeida, from Senhora de Oura, Portugal, who tells her story of discovering her Jewish roots as a Marrano.

Click here to read about Xue Fei, from Kaifeng, China. He now lives in Israel and is excitedly awaiting the completion of his conversion process so he serve in the Israeli army.

Click here to read about Carolina, from Krakow, Poland. Carolina found out as an adult that her grandfather was Jewish and was a Holocaust survivor. Today she is an active member of the Krakow Jewish community.