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Bnei Menashe of northeastern India, who claim descent of one of Israel's 10 Lost Tribes, receive new book on laws and customs of Hanukkah in their native tongues of Kuki and Mizo. The Bnei Menashe of northeastern India will have an added reason to celebrate this week with the release of a new book on the laws and customs of Hanukkah in their native languages of Mizo and Kuki as well as Hebrew.  
22 December, 2008
The Interior Ministry has granted permission to the Shavei Israel organization to bring a group of some 150 Bnei Menashe from northeastern India on aliya, a government source told The Jerusalem Post this week. SAMSON VAIPHEI and his family are among a new group of 150 Bnei Menashe approved to make aliya from northeastern India.
12 November, 2008
Shavei Israel releases special Jewish New Year machzor incorporating unique liturgy, customs of Sephardic Jews living in northern Amazon region.Sephardic Jews living in northern Brazil's Amazon region have reason to celebrate with the publication of the first Rosh Hashanah machzor (New Year prayer book) which incorporates their unique liturgy and customs.
23 September, 2008
Newscaster: A delegation of 16 בני אנוסים, commonly referred to as Marranos by historians, visited Israel this week. The participants came from 4 European states and have ancestors who were forced to convert to Catholicism during the Inquisition over 500 years ago. The visit was organized by "שבי ישראל", which works with בני אנוסים throughout the world. Michael Freund, the chair of שבי ישראל spoke with reporter Mark Weiss about the delegation''s visit.
29 August, 2008
In a historic decision, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has decided that all 7,232 members of the tribe of Bnei Menashe who are living in northern India will be allowed to make Aliya. Olmert and his office took the decision a short while after they decided to put a stop to the aliya of the Falash Mura from Ethiopia. El primer ministro Ehud Olmert decidió aprobar, hace una semana, la venida de entre 150 y 200 miembros de la comunidad Bnei Menashé, del noreste de la India. De acuerdo a lo que se estima en la oficina del primer ministro, los olim llegarán a Israel en enero, en un vuelo especial de la organización Shavei Israel, y serán recibidos por Olmert mismo en una ceremonia festiva en el aeropuerto de Ben Gurión.
28 August, 2008
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