Ukrainian Jewish Community in Peril
Ukraine, mired in conflict for centuries, is now torn by political upheaval. If recent events are any indication, it may be Ukraine’s minorities, such as its 200,000-strong Jewish community, which pay the heaviest price. The former Soviet republic has long been afflicted by internal strife. As early as the 17th century, the region was torn […]
Israel Returns Celebrates Hanukkah in Inquisition Prison
Blessed are you our God, King of the world, who performed miracles for our ancestors in their days, and in our days as well. (Blessing Over the Hanukkah Candles) This past Hanukah, joyous light filled a setting infamously associated for nearly 200 years with torture and murder. For the first time in Italian history, Israel […]
Chinese Jews Uncovering Their Roots
And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, in that I caused them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered them unto their own land; and I will leave none of them any more there (Ezekiel 39:28) It’s called “Study of Torah Street” in Chinese and for hundreds of […]
Music of the Returnees to Zion
Music has the power to touch one’s soul and express one’s deepest yearnings to connect with God. This inspiring video of the music of the Bnei Menashe (the lost tribe of Manasseh in India) reveals their inspiring story and journey to Zion with the support of “Israel Returns.”
Israeli Cabinet Unanimously Passes Resolution To Bring Bnei Menashe To Israel
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together; a great company shall they return hither. They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I […]
“Israel Returns” Brings Newly Discovered Polish Jews To The Holy Land
I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. (Hosea 14:6) Israel Returns, an organization that aims to strengthen the connection between descendants of Jews and the State of Israel and the Jewish people recently brought sixteen young Polish Jews, many of whom […]
