Zara Eleazer Singson is one of 100 Bnei Menashe making aliyah from India this November, as part of the next wave of Shavei Israel’s Operation Menashe. Zara's father dreamed of a new life in Israel, but passed away in 2013. Now Zara carries his father's...
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund writes about the amazing journey of the Menashe siblings - Yehoshua, Avishag, Oz and Eliezer - from India to Israel. All served in combat positions in the IDF. Eliezer was recently granted a Medal of Excellence. A tale of true...
Avi Hangshing made aliyah from India in 2000 with other members of the Bnei Menashe, fulfilling a lifelong dream. But he never imagined he'd find himself taking a selfie with a member of the Israeli Knesset. But that's what happened this Jerusalem Day. ...
Dina Samte, a blind member of the Bnei Menashe, received an unprecedented honor for the Indian Jewish community: she was chosen to light one of the Israel Independence Day torches at the official state ceremony, that took place this week in Jerusalem....
Lyon Fanai is one of the Bnei Menashe immigrants who, with Shavei Israel's help, made aliyah to Israel. He wrote a personal Passover "dayenu" to express his gratitude to Shavei Israel for making his life long journey possible. "That would have been enough...
“I lived in Florida and I ate a lot of Mexican food with jalapeno peppers. I thought I knew hot, but I never tasted anything as spicy as the ‘king pepper,’” Yitzhak Eicoff recalls. But since Yitzhak married Bnei Menashe Hadassa Tungdim from Manipur India,...
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...
When Avital Hnamte began to publicly identify as a Jew in India some twenty years ago, the teenage Bnei Menashe woman encountered a hostile environment. “The kids in my school didn’t hide their hate,” she recalls. “They called me names." But through the strength of...
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...
Our report on the Bnei Menashe high schoolers who visited Poland has been picked up by the Jewish media. Publications including The San Diego Jewish World, Jewocity, Algemeiner and The Jewish News Service have all featured it. Check out the coverage for this important story....
