Bnei menashe
Manasseh’s children come home to Zion - and fulfill a 2,700-year promise - opinion
The aliyah of hundreds of members of the Bnei Menashe community from northeastern India, completes a long and meandering journey that began nearly 2,700 years ago.
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
India's Bnei Menashe Jewish community set for historic homecoming in Israel - opinion
Bnei Menashe: Let us make aliyah and join 'our brothers and sisters' fighting in Israel
The Bnei Menashe have repeatedly called for the Israeli government to permit them to make aliyah and join their fellow Jews in protecting their homeland.
Israel pressured to fast-track Bnei Menashe immigration after missile kills seven
Approximately 5,500 members of the Bnei Menashe community currently reside in India, waiting for the opportunity to start new lives in 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.
