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Making aliyah: Meet Leah Singson
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Leah Singson and daughter Ashira
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Leah Kimtinchong Singson, 68, is part of the Bnei Menashe group that made aliyah with Shavei Israel's help in early 2013. Growing up, Leah's father was known as Thiempu - it means "priest" in Kuki - and he served in the Bnei Menashe leadership of their small village. Part of that role was to preserve the community's history. Leah shares the story of how her family reached India many generations before.
"My father used to tell us about how our ancestors fled from China, many centuries after they had been exiled from the Land of Israel. The Chinese emperor disliked us for our dedication to our customs. We went so far as to disagree with the king directly, for we could never consider any other king for ourselves than the one high above who we called Chung Maangpa."
To read the rest of Leah's story, please click here.
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Shavei Israel visits Bnei Anousim in Chile
 | | Michael Freund and Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum (center) with the Bnei Anousim community in Santiago, Chile |
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund and Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum, Shavei's Educational Director, visited with Kehilat Yosef Chaim, a unique group of Bnei Anousim ("Marranos") in Santiago, Chile, who want to return to the Jewish people and the Land of Israel more than 500 years after their ancestors were compelled to convert to Catholicism.
Click here to read more about the community, to see pictures, and to watch two inspiring videos taken during the visit.
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