For the past year and a half, hundreds of Bnei Menashe in northeast India have been displaced due to ethnic fighting. As many as 30 families share living space in difficult conditions, as they wait indefinitely for their turn to be brought on aliyah to...
We were devastated to hear of the loss of another Bnei Menashe soldier, Sergeant Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat, 21, from Afula. Gary was a soldier in Kfir Brigade’s Shimshon Batallion. He was among three other IDF soldiers killed in an explosion in northern Gaza, sacrificing their lives...
Miriam Haokip, 31, immigrated from Manipur, India with her family with the help of Shavei Israel in 2015. A member of the Bnei Menashe community, they settled in Kiryat Shemona, in Israel’s north. But since the continuous attacks by Hezbollah on Israel's northern border starting...
This month the much-awaited annual Bnei Akiva summer youth leadership training seminar was held for the Bnei Menashe group leaders from the whole northern district. This year, thirty outstanding Bnei Menashe group leaders, from four different community branches, participated in the seminar. They hailed from the original...
Hundreds of Bnei Menashe soldiers, both active and reserve duty, have been fighting the current war in Israel on multiple fronts. We solute them, and all of our precious soldiers! Many Bnei Menashe wait years to be able to immigrate to Israel for the privilege to...
The Bnei Akiva ‘Hamenashe’ chapter in Nof HaGalil is growing, and every kid involved is a huge achievement. When the kids and the counselors, and even the person in charge are among the Bnei Menashe community, this special chapter is like no other. To enhance the...
A bit of joy and hope for the future during a difficult time as friends and neighbors of the Thangjalam family, of the Bnei Menashe community in Nof Hagalil, celebrate the chalakah of little Israel Thangjalam. Traditional Jews often wait until a boy's third birthday before giving...
Yitzhak Chawngthu, 21 years old, is from from the Bnei Menashe community in Nof HaGalil. Yitzhak, the youngest of seven siblings, made aliyah in 2014 with his family, thanks to Shavei Israel. A soldier in the 931st Nahal Battalion, Yitzhak fought in a tough battle in...
Ezra Janggousang, a B'nei Menashe child displaced from the ethnic fighting in northeast India, is the adorable child seen lighting the Chanukah candles in a number of photos coming out of the Shavei Israel Centre, Churachandpur, Manipur, in northeast India. Ezra, along with his family and...
The Bnei Menashe community of northeastern India gathered to hold special communal prayers for the people of Israel and for the safe return of those who were kidnapped to Gaza, as the Hamas attack on Israel left over 900 Israelis dead. "The Bnei Menashe in northeastern...
