Bnei menashe
Israel launches gov't initiative to bring home, reunite Bnei Menashe community
DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Under the government-led effort, Bnei Menashe families receive comprehensive support to facilitate their integration, with guidance from social workers and community mentors.
India's Bnei Menashe Jewish community set for historic homecoming in Israel - opinion
Candace Owens assassination accusation, Hezbollah commander strike - November 23, 2025
Gov't approves plan to bring India's remaining 'lost tribe' Bnei Menashe back to Israel
Over 200 Indian Bnei Menashe Jews join IDF's fight against Hamas
Seventy-five of the recent immigrants from India have enlisted in combat units, while 140 were called up for reserve service across Israel.
Displaced by ethnic violence, India’s Bnei Menashe Jews construct sukkahs nonetheless
Some 190 people have died in the conflict since May, including at least one Bnei Menashe • No response yet from Israeli authorities
Bnei Menashe Indian Jews celebrate Sukkot despite ethnic unrest
The Bnei Menashe Jewish community – which numbers roughly 5,000 total inside India – has become a victim of ethnic tensions in India's northern state of Manipur.
80% of Israel's Ethiopian, Indian immigrants opt for religious education - report
"Religious state education in Israel serves as an ideal environment for immigrants from Ethiopia and India," said MK Moshe Solomon, who added that these schools need more resources.
India’s Bnei Menashe community in crisis as ethnic violence burns synagogues and displaces hundreds
In 2005, a chief rabbi of Israel affirmed their identity as a “lost tribe” group with historic Jewish ties, but researchers have not found sufficient evidence to back the claim.
Bnei Menashe: community members demand aliyah, killed in violent India unrest
Violence erupted during a protest march on Tuesday by thousands of tribal people opposing a demand by a non-tribal group for the constitutionally defined status of an official tribe.
Indian Bnei Menashe tribe receives new version of Kuki-Hebrew Siddur
The siddur, created by the Shavei Israel organization, contains the original Hebrew text according to the Sephardic rite along with a phonetic transliteration and annotations in the Kuki language.
The Lost Tribes of Israel: Who are their descendants today?
There is a group of people looking to uncover the truth behind the lost tribes in order to determine where they went and to integrate them back into the Jewish people.
India's Bnei Menashe Jews open first synagogue in Israel
The first-ever house of prayer in Israel for Bnei Menashe immigrants from India was inaugrated last Saturday and hosted their first Shabbat service.
The intriguing B’nei Menashe community in Israel
In Lives of the Children of Manasia, we learn the intriguing story of the birth of B’nei Menashe through the actual words and personal recollections of some members of the ancient Kuki-Mizo people
