The Website of Shai Afsai
Dinah Anugwa, Sarah Ezenwa, and Hadassah Agbai outside Gihon Synagogue in Abuja, Nigeria. Photo — Shai Afsai
Emil Kroiter and The Trance-Moldavian Express performing at the Tempel Synagogue in Kraków, Poland. Photo — Shai Afsai
Pilgrims pray and recite psalms inside the tomb of Rebbe Nachman in Uman, Ukraine. Photo — Shai Afsai
Governor Reed B. Oliver, Honorary Consul of the State of Israel in the Federated States of Micronesia. Photo — Shai Afsai
Dominika Kolodziej and Polish novelist Joanna Chojnacka at the Hevre restaurant in Kraków, Poland. Photo — Shai Afsai
Emanuel ben David at prayer by an open window at Tikvat Israel Synagogue in Abuja, Nigeria. Photo — Shai Afsai
Haḥnasat Sefer Torah celebration welcoming a Torah scroll to 770 Eastern Parkway (Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters). Photo — Shai Afsai
Rabbi Gil Bashe (front left, with satchel) leading pilgrims through Uman, Ukraine. Photo — Shai Afsai
Gravestone of the 16th-century poet and musar author Rebecca bat Meir Tiktiner, in Prague's Old Jewish Cemetery. Photo — Shai Afsai
Efraim Karol Sidon, Chief Rabbi of the Czech Republic, after prayers at Prague's High Synagogue. Photo — Shai Afsai
Surangel Whipps Jr., President of the Republic of Palau (left), and Alan Seid, Honorary Consul of the State of Israel in the Republic of Palau (right). Photo — Shai Afsai
Betsalel Laurent Elouna and Professor William F. S. Miles during a visit to Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island. Photo — Shai Afsai
Reverend David Kale and his sister, Avril Kale, at their home in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Photo — Shai Afsai
Michael Rubenfeld and Adam Schorin discuss their "Lucky Jew" portraits with Polish passersby at Kraków, Poland's Plac Nowy. Photo — Shai Afsai
Harim Obidike ceremoniously breaks a kola nut, sacred symbol of hospitality and cooperation, at the start of an Igbo Jews’ community meeting in Kubwa, Nigeria. Photo — Shai Afsai
Paul Schneller — Swiss photographer, author, and veterinarian specializing in exotic animals — during a visit to Kraków. Photo — Shai Afsai
Izuchukwu Onuchukwu standing beside the letters of the Hebrew alphabet on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria. Photo — Shai Afsai
At his home in Karmiel, northern Israel, Qes Efraim Zion-Lawi examines a Jewish book from Ethiopia that his parents concealed while in Sudan. Photo — Shai Afsai