Bnei menashe
Entire Bnei Menashe community to immigrate to Israel within five years, gov't promises
The government approved a proposal to bring the entire 6,000-person community from northern India to Israel, with 1,200 members expected to arrive by the end of this year.
Manasseh’s children come home to Zion - and fulfill a 2,700-year promise - opinion
First Bnei Menashe flight lands as Israel launches operation to complete community’s Aliyah
Israel launches gov't initiative to bring home, reunite Bnei Menashe community
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
The murder of a young Bnei Menashe immigrant
For a Jewish teenager in Israel to beat, kick and stab a fellow Jew to death because his facial features are viewed as being “different”? How is such a thing even possible?
India's Bnei Menashe Jews to celebrate Sukkot
The Bnei Menashe maintain a 2,700-year-long tradition of being the lost tribe of Menashe, and seek to return to the Land of Israel.
Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, Bnei Menashe Jews try gefilte fish for the first time
Some of them enjoyed the taste of gefilte fish, while others politely referred to the traditional dish as an "acquired taste."
'Aliyah Super Week' brings 500 immigrants from over 20 countries to Israel
“Given the intense conflict we have witnessed here over recent weeks, it is quite remarkable to see these hundreds of Jewish immigrants coming home to Israel from all directions."
16 Bnei Menashe immigrants to Israel diagnosed with COVID-19 on arrival
The immigrants were flown to Israel from India despite the Health Ministry’s recommendation against travel to and from the country – which has the highest amount of known infection in the world.
Homecoming to Israel for 'lost' Jews in India delayed by COVID-19
"We have been very excited," said Soizagin who goes by only one name and is recuperating at a Sikh temple, which has been turned into a COVID care center.
India's Bnei Menashe Jewish community prepares matzah for Passover
The Bnei Menashe ethnic group is said to number at around 10,000 total, and are believed by many to be descended from one of the Ten Lost Tribes, specifically that of Menashe.
