India’s Bnei Menashe community in crisis as synagogues torched and displaces hundreds
Hundreds of Bnei Menashe crypto-Jews in India displaced as synagogues torched amid ethnic clashes.
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Bnei Menashe living in India threatened by civil war, group warns
Two synagogues destroyed and multiple members of Bnei Menashe crypto-Jewish community killed in ethnic strife in India.
Israel's new kickboxing champ is recent immigrant from the Bnei Menashe community in India
Obed Hrangchal could soon be representing Israel in international competitions.
Shavei Israel releases new Kuki-Hebrew siddur for Bnei Menashe
Shavei Israel publishes new version of the first-ever Kuki-Hebrew siddur for the Bnei Menashe.
After 2,700 years: Bnei Menashe inaugurate 1st synagogue in Israel
Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, the first Bnei Menashe synagogue in Israel, inaugurated in Nof Hagalil.
550 new Bnei Menashe immigrants from India visit Western Wall for the first time
Chief Rabbi of Israel David Lau joins hundreds of Bnei Menashe immigrants for their first visit to the Western Wall.
From India to the Holy Land: The journey of an immigrant from the Bnei Menashe
Rivka Hilsia may have grown up in India, but as a member of the Bnei Menashe, her heart has always been in Israel. This is her story.
Lost Tribe of Bnei Menashe celebrates Sukkot in northeast India
The Bnei Menashe community in northeast India, claiming descent from the Lost Tribe of Menashe, prepares for Sukkot festival.
17 newly arrived Bnei Menashe couples in Israel marry in group ceremony
New immigrants from northeastern India, members of the Bnei Menashe community, get married in group ceremony.
11 Bnei Menashe couples marry soon after making Aliyah
Couples marry in group ceremony at Shavei Israel center in Nordia weeks after making Aliyah from India.
Women from lost tribe of Menashe to make Aliyah from India
Five women from Bnei Menashe community in India to make aliyah Sunday, with 500 more to immigrate during 2021.
Hundreds of 'Lost Tribe' Bnei Menashe Jews make Aliyah
Michael Freund, founder of Shavei Yisrael, speaks with i24NEWS about the return of the 'Lost Tribe' of Menashe.
Hundreds of Jews from the Bnei Menashe arrive in Israel today
"The Aliyah of the lost tribe of Bnei Menashe after 2,700 years of exile is a modern-day Hanukkah miracle."
Lost tribe of Bnei Menashe celebrates Sukkot in northeast India
Thousands of Bnei Menashe in India, claiming descent from one of the lost tribes of Israel, celebrate Sukkot festival.
Indian kickboxing champ moving to Israel with plans to represent his new land
Obed Hrangchal, 26, a man from the Bnei Menashe who has won national medals in India in several martial arts, moves to Israel.
Bnei Menashe celebrate joint weddings in Israel
Fifteen Bnei Menashe couples who immigrated to Israel from India marry in a group ceremony.
Bnei Menashe: Meeting in the Land of Israel
225 members of the Bnei Menashe community make aliyah this week.
Terror victim still in serious condition
Victim of ramming attack is still in serious condition, unconscious and breathing with the aid of a respirator.
Watch: Members of 'lost tribe' arrive from India
Some 80 new immigrants from India participate in festive ceremony upon landing, including group recitation of 'Shema' prayer.
Families reunite as 82 Bnei Menashe immigrate to Israel
Chen hasn't seen her sister for 15 years. Yaakov didn't see his mother for 3 years. Last night, thanks to "Shavei Israel" they reunited.
102 'Bnei Menashe' officially join Israeli society
Indian immigrants leave absorption center, settle in Nazareth Illit.
10 Indian-Jewish ‘lost tribe’ couples remarried in Israel
Ten Indian-Jewish couples from the Bnei Menashe “lost tribe” marry in a Jewish ceremony at an absorption center in northern Israel.
Bnei Menashe tribe prepare for Passover in northern India
Bnei Menashe prepare matzot for Pesach, hope to immigrate to Israel.
Watch: Bnei Menashe recite Shema for first time in Israel
72 members of the Bnei Menashe community make aliyah, recite Shema. Beginning of year-long campaign to bring hundreds of members to Israel.
Indian-Jewish ‘lost tribe’ moving to Israel - in pictures
A community of Jewish Immigrants claiming descent from a 'lost tribe' makes the move to Israel from India this week.
102 from 'lost tribe' set to immigrate from India
102 members of a Jewish community claiming descent from one of Israel’s lost tribes are being brought on Aliyah this week from India.
Bnei Menashe gather in India to celebrate Hanukkah
Thousand of Bnei Menashe in India gather to celebrate Hanukkah
Watch: India earthquake shakes up Jewish community
From today's ILTV edition. The Jewish community of Bnei Menashe in India has taken the hit from a 6.7 earthquake.
Bnei Menashe suffers damage in India quake
An earthquake in northeastern India caused 'extensive damage' to Ten Lost Tribes community in Manipur.
Bnei Menashe celebrate first Hanukkah in Israel
Members of 'lost tribe' who made aliyah just this past summer celebrate their first ever Hanukkah in the holy land.
Lost Tribes Activist Rabbi Passes Away at 83
Educator, activist, Ten Tribes researcher, and renowned Jerusalem citizen Rabbi Eliyahu Avichail has passed away.
Minister Personally Greets New Bnei Menashe Olim
Some 100 Bnei Menashe immigrants landed in Ben Gurion Thursday, where they were welcomed by Interior Minister Silvan Shalom.
Group of 78 'Lost Jews' from India Makes Aliyah
Bnei Menashe will be settled in the Golan Heights – where their ancestors, the Menashe tribe, lived.
Moving Scenes as Bnei Menashe Visit Joseph's Tomb
100 recent olim from the Bnei Menashe tribe erupt into song as they visit their forefather Joseph's Tomb after 2,700 years apart.
Conversion Auth. Visits Bnei Menashe Immigrants
660 members of the Indian Bnei Menashe tribe immigrated to Israel in 2014, where they will undergo conversion by Israel's Chief Rabbinate.
Video: Welcoming the Bnei Menashe Immigrants
A group of more than 200 Bnei Menashe immigrated to Israel recently. Watch the re-cap of the arrival and the emotional arrival ceremony.
Fifty Bnei Menashe Make Aliyah to Israel
Total number of Bnei Menashe to make Aliyah in 2014 reaches record 500; organizers hail 'modern-day miracle' in bringing immigrants home.
Bnei Menashe Olim Visit Israeli Holy Sites
Dozens of olim from the Bnei Menashe tribe in northern India tour Israel's holy places for the first time in their lives.
'A Ray of Light' as Bnei Menashe Return from India
43 Jews from India arrive, bringing year total to a record 410. MK Lipman: 'the arrival should remind us of the special times we live in.'
First Batch of 250 Bnei Menashe Arrive in Israel
First group of Bnei Menashe land in Israel from northeastern India; more than 200 to follow.
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