When the Bnei Menashe are ready to leave the Shavei Israel absorption center at Kfar Hasidim, where they first land after making aliyah from India, they must have an appropriate community to move to. Among the municipalities close to Kfar Hasidim that now have Bnei...
The aliyah from India is back - the first of several flights of Bnei Menashe new immigrants from the Indian state of Manipur landed last week. We have a few preview pictures below. Shavei Israel staff is now in India preparing another 200 immigrants who...
We continue our series of profiles of Bnei Menashe who have made aliyah in the past two years with Shavei Israel’s help. Elitzur Haokip made aliyah in November 2012 after two long careers, first in the Indian National Army and then at the "All India...
The Bnei Menashe aliyah is back! With G-d’s help, Shavei Israel will be bringing 247 new immigrants from northeastern India during the month of November. This will bring the total number of Bnei Menashe who have returned to Zion in 2014 to 660, the most...
The sixth annual Bnei Menashe soccer tournament took place last week in Israel. Eight teams from each of the Bnei Menashe communities in Israel competed with Afula F.C. taking home first place folllowed by Bnei Menashe teams from Migdal HaEmek and Beit El. The annual...
For the first time ever, Maimonides’ seminal text Hilchot Teshuva (the Laws of Repentance) has been translated into Mizo, one of the two main languages spoken by the Bnei Menashe. The new text is just the start of an ambitious new project to translate dozens...
When a recent group of Bnei Menashe immigrants visited Jerusalem for the first time, we sent our photographer to capture the excitement. Here is a selection of photos that evoke the atmosphere of that special day....
When the Bnei Menashe arrive at Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport after the long flight from India, Shavei Israel’s buses transport them directly to their new life in the Kfar Hasidim absorption center in the north of the country. There, the new immigrants jump straight into a...
הארגון "גשרים לשלום" ביקר את בני מנשה הנמצאים כרגע במרכז קליטה בכפר חסידים, לחלוקת מגוון רחב של ציוד ופריטים נצרכים;...
During the month of July, thirty Bnei Menashe couples were married at the Kfar Hasidim absorption center in Israel. For most of the happy brides and grooms, it was not their first wedding. But, having recently rejoined the Jewish people, it was the first ceremony...
