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Bnei Menashe believe they are descendants of the Lost Tribe of Menashe.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Obed Hrangchal could soon be representing the Jewish state in international competitions.
Currently, 6,500 Bnei Menashe are awaiting their return to the Jewish homeland.
Some loved the dish, while others politely declared it to be “an acquired taste.”
More than 4,000 Bnei Menashe have made Aliyah to Israel in the past two decades, thanks largely to Shavei Israel. Another 6,500 remain in India, all of whom wish to make their home in the Jewish state.
By JNi.Media
The Bnei Menashe claim descent from one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, who were sent into exile by the Assyrian Empire more than 2,700 years ago.
Even Ezer Holaring, 35, is still in serious condition, unconscious and on a respirator.
Each village priest would recite ancient prayers, such as “Miriam’s Song,” echoing the Biblical account of the Exodus and its aftermath.
By JNi.Media
The 102 new immigrants all hail from the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram, which borders Burma and Bangladesh and is home to the second-largest concentration of Bnei Menashe in India.
By JNi.Media
Some of the funds are designated for encouraging entrepreneurship among new immigrants from France, Belgium, and Ukraine.
By JNi.Media
Hundreds of the Bnei Menashe community from across northeastern India gathered Sunday in the town of Churachandpur in the Indian state of Manipur to light the first Hanukkah candle.
By Brian Blum
“I wonder if there are any Bnei Menashe girls my age?” Becky asked her mother. “Maybe we could share my bat mitzvah with them?”
The Shavei Israel organization brought a group of 78 Bnei Menashe immigrants on Aliyah Thursday from the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, which borders Burma and Bangladesh. Absorption Minister Zev Elkin greeted the immigrants upon arrival. The new Olim will settle in Katzrin on the Golan Heights, which was the tribal patrimony of Manasseh in […]
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
“It is so moving to see the Lost Tribe of Bnei Menashe returning to Zion and rejoining the people of Israel,” said Shavei Israel Founder and Chairman Michael Freund.
Bnei Menashe children who made Aliyah with their families on May 26, celebrate their first Israeli Shavuot.
Jews of Kaifeng, China will have their first traditional seder this year!
By JTA
Immigrants to Israel from seven countries will light Hanukkah candles Tuesday night simultaneously with Jews in seven other countries in a ceremony organized by the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption and The Jewish Agency for Israel. The candle lighting in Israel will take place at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, where 300 young […]
By JTA
Israel's government approved the immigration of the Bnei Menashe, an Indian tribe that claims Jewish ancestry.
July 3, 2026 
