Bnei Menashe Images

The Bnei Menashe visited the small town of Sajal in Manipur to celebrate Rosh Chodesh Elul - the start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar (and the month before Tishrei with the High Holydays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur). We have pictures...

In advance of the upcoming aliyah to Israel of a large group of Bnei Menashe immigrants, Shavei Israel has dispatched additional staff to India to teach Hebrew and Judaism classes. Here are a few pictures from the Hebrew lessons. [nggallery id=159]...

Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund visited the Bnei Menashe in India last week for Israel Independence Day. Here is a selection of some of the great pictures Michael sent from Manipur . [nggallery id=137]...

The highlight of this year's Purim celebrations with the Bnei Menashe in India was "Esther's Beauty Pageant." The women-only event featured costumes designed by the community’s mikveh (ritual bath) attendant, Rukhama Jolly. The contestants paraded across the stage to a hip hop and rock music...

The central service for Purim is the reading of the Megillah (the Scroll of Esther), which tells the story of the holiday. The Bnei Menashe are blessed to have several talented readers who presented the Megillah before the entire congregation this year in Manipur. Here...