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...
Another fabulous video from our friends at Unpacked. "The mystery of the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel has captivated the imagination of societies around the world for centuries. Among the many communities who claim to descend from these Lost Tribes, the Bnei Menashe, from a remote...
A meeting of the Bnei Menashe class at the Hispin Yeshiva with Yochai Ben Avi gave birth to 'Mehmizrah' ('From the East') - a song that summarizes their special story, which is part of the story of all of Israel. There are songs whose purpose is...
The Bnei Menashe children you see here are actually on vacation. They spend their school holidays learning Torah and Judaism. Because that’s when they can. And it’s so important to them...
Bnei Menashe girls from Nof Hagalil learn the traditional bamboo dance of Mizoram in advance of Aliyah Day. Their teacher, Dena Relte, made aliyah herself from Mizoram in 2014. In fact, it would probably hard to find a qualified teacher of this complex dance who didn't...
We at Shavei Israel are deeply concerned about the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur, India that has devastated the Bnei Menashe community there. A total of 292 Bnei Menashe families (numbering 1,190 men, women and children) have been forced to flee their homes in the past...
A personal account by Yosef Vaiphei from Beth El Langol, in Manipur, India. Yosef's younger brother Samuel Vaiphei, who was married just a month ago, works for Shavei Israel and was in Churachandpur occupied with the work regarding the aliyah process for the next Bnei...
[caption id="attachment_171426" align="alignleft" width="236"] Badly damaged Torah scroll in Manipur, India[/caption] Devastating news has been coming out of Manipur, India. The image of a destroyed Torah scroll in a burned out synagogue is symbolic of the rampant destruction that has swept across the region leaving nearly...
At the Arbel school in Nof HaGalil, where about 100 students from the Bnei Manashe community attend, they held a special assembly where they prayed for the rescue and repatriation of their brothers in India, some of whom were attacked last week and over 200...
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