The second of two aliyah flights last week landed on Thursday. Seventy-two Bnei Menashe from Mizoram arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport where they were met by scores of Israelis overjoyed by the latest immigration from India. We caught the excitement on video and we have it...
They're here! The first group of 30 immigrants from India as part of Operation Menashe 2017 have landed at Ben-Gurion Airport. Shavei Israel's director of marketing and new media Laura Ben-David was there and shot some amazing photos, as the group makes their way through...
Operation Menashe 2017 is underway. The first of 30 new immigrants from the Indian state of Mizoram are heading to their new lives in Israel. We have pictures of the excitement, from packing their bags to their final moments in India before boarding their plane...
Did you want to come to Ben-Gurion Airport to greet the latest Bnei Menashe aliyah flights from India, but you couldn't make it? Never fear - through the wonders of Facebook, we can take you there. Visit Shavei Israel's Facebook page to watch three videos...
102 Bnei Menashe from Mizoram are making aliyah this week. The first group of 30 arrived Tuesday night. 72 more will land at Ben-Gurion Airport on Thursday. It's the first aliyah from Mizoram since January 2014 and the start of Operation Menashe 2017 which will...
In the winter, when the sun begins to set earlier and earlier on Friday afternoons, observant Jews in the Diaspora all encounter a similar problem: they must leave work before their colleagues in order to be home in time for the start of Shabbat. Bnei...
Hanukah may be over, but we have a special bonus album of pictures from Shavei Israel communities around the world celebrating the Festival of Lights. New pictures transport us to Poland, Italy, Israel and India....
Shavei Israel communities around the world are celebrating Hanukah this week. Here’s a selection of photos from India. We take a trip to Manipur, Mizoram and Erode to see how local communities light the Menorah and spin the local version of the dreidel....
Ever hear the one about the singing carpenter? His name is Itzkhak Fanai and along with his wife and two children, he is one of the one hundred Bnei Menashe who are planning their aliyah next month. Itzkhak gets his nickname through a combination of...
Twenty Bnei Menashe from the Indian state of Mizoram are due to arrive in Israel by the end of December. It will be the first group to make aliyah in 2016 and the fifth flight Shavei Israel has arranged since the Bnei Menashe immigration resumed...
