Bnei menashe
6 Soldiers From India’s ‘Lost Tribe’ Join Israeli Army Together
The IDF recently added its first soldiers from an Indian “lost tribe.”
102 Immigrants From India Ready For Normal Life In Israel
JERUSALEM — Some 102 immigrants to Israel from India, members of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community, are ready to leave their absorption cen…
10 Indian ‘Lost Tribe’ Couples Remarry In Israel
JERUSALEM — Ten Indian-Jewish couples from the Bnei Menashe “lost tribe” were married in a Jewish ceremony at an absorption center in northern Israel. The group wedding remarriage ceremony on Sunday in the Kfar Hasidim community was part of the couples’ formal conversion to Judaism. The couples, who immigrated from India, ranged in age…
102 Members Of Indian ‘Lost Tribe’ Move To Israel
(JTA) — One hundred and two members of the Jewish community in India, who trace their heritage to one of Israel’s lost tribes, are moving to Israel this week. The immigrants, who hail from the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram — home to the second largest concentration of the country’s Bnei Menashe community, as they…
India’s Jewish ‘Lost Tribe’ Faces Hard Times in Israel
According to ethnographers and Israeli geneticists who have investigated the matter — and even most members of his own ethnic group in India — Hanoch Haokip’s claim to be descended from one of Israel’s so-called “Lost Tribes” is, at best, highly debatable.
43 B'nei Menashe Make Aliyah From India
Forty-three Bnei Menashe, who claim to be Jews descended from the biblical tribe of Menashe, arrived in Israel on aliyah.
Hundreds of Indian Citizens With Jewish Heritage To Arrive in Israel
Hundreds of Indian citizens who claim to be Jews descended from the biblical tribe of Menashe will begin arriving in Israel in December.
Israel OK's Immigration of Tribe From India
Israel’s government approved the immigration of the Bnei Menashe, an Indian tribe that claims Jewish ancestry.