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Seventy-eight Bnei Menashe arrivals landed at Ben Gurion Airport. It is the first in a series of three flights, with the other two next week bringing the rest of some 250 arrivals in total. Thursday night’s group brought the number of Bnei Menashe immigrants to...

Journalists looking for background on a new law passed last week in Spain granting the right of citizenship to Bnei Anousim have turned to Shavei Israel. Three articles appearing in The Jerusalem Post and JTA quote Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund on the new Spanish...

The Jewish World magazine includes an article about how the Bnei Menashe celebrate Israel Independence Day back in India. The article describes the main ceremony in Churachandpur, where Shavei Israel's operations are headquartered, which attracted 1,500 people this year from throughout the Indian state of...

Check out this five minute documentary about the Jews of Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Once a thriving community, most have moved to Israel and today, only 20 Jews remain in the city, out of a population of 15 million. Nevertheless, the city keeps its three synagogues...