Hundreds of India’s Bnei Menashe community have just arrived in Israel. But Israel’s 8,000 Cochin Jews can trace their Indian roots all the way back to the times of the biblical King Solomon. The Cochin Jewish Heritage Center is situated … Continue reading →

Good articles about the continuing immigration of thousands of the Bnei Menashe community who were exiled from the Kingdom of Israel some 27 centuries ago. https://www.israel21c.org/the-return-of-a-lost-tribe-of-israel-27-centuries-later/ https://israelbetweenthelines.com/2021/01/21/another-lost-tribe-bnei-menashe-returns-to-israel/

252 members of the Bnei Menashe community from India, who retain their tradition of being a “lost tribe” of Israel, landed at Ben Gurion Airport during Chanukah. It follows months of preparation by the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration and … Continue reading →

Fifteen Bnei Menashe couples, who immigrated to Israel from Manipur, India in Jun 2018, were remarried in a festive and emotional group ceremony at nonprofit Shavei Israel’s absorption center in Kfar Hasidim, after completing their formal conversion. http://www.jewishpress.com/news/jewish-news/fresh-from-india-15-bnei-menashe-couples-remarry-in-israel/2018/08/08/

After their exile from Israel 2,700 years ago, members of the “lost tribe” of Bnei Menashe finally arrived in Jerusalem for an emotional, early-morning prayer service at the Western Wall. https://unitedwithisrael.org/watch-lost-tribe-returns-to-pray-in-jerusalem/

Two groups, totaling 162 members of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community from northeast India have just arrived in Israel. The immigration of the so-called “lost” Jews was organized by Shavei Israel, which has now brought 3,000 Bnei Menashe to the … Continue reading →

One-hundred and two members of India’s Bnei Menashe community have arrived in Israel, marking the latest group of so-called “lost” Jews to make Aliyah.  Members of the Bnei Menashe community trace their roots from Jews banished from ancient Israel to … Continue reading →

Israel-born Arik met and married Indian-born Bat Chen – a member of the Bnei Menashe sect of Indian Jews – soon after Bat Chen immigrated to the Jewish State in 1999. Now their son Benayahu is celebrating his Barmitzvah and … Continue reading →

Fifty-three Jews from the Bnei Menashe community of northeastern India have just immigrated to Israel. ‘We’ve been waiting for this moment for hundreds of years,’ said Ben Asher, 23, who arrived with his family. The Bnei Menashe trace their Jewish … Continue reading →

(Thanks to 12Tribe Films and ShaveilIsrael) Yehuda Gin, from the Bnei Menashe tribe of Jews living in India, made Aliya in 1992. He eventually became a Rabbi and now teaches Jews from China about Judaism. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xg9Ts8olX0&feature=player_embedded