Bnei Menashe

For nearly 20 years, Harel Kingbol has dreamt of making aliyah to Israel so that his children “never face the same trouble and suffering as I did growing up,” he says. For Kingbol, the suffering started when he was 9-years-old: that’s when he had his...

As the Lufthansa jet landed in Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta), India, the ground crew unloading some four tons of boxes had no idea of the value of their contents; they seemed like the kind of ordinary shipment unpacked every day in this busy Indian...

As Shavei Israel prepares for "Operation Menashe," we introduce you to Azriel Hmar and his family from Mizoram. Azriel has been helping Shavei Israel prepare other Bnei Menashe to make aliyah, but he's had to wait seven years for the day when he too could...

Living an observant Jewish life in India is never easy, even today, but for Meir Phaltual and his family growing up, it was particularly difficult. One of nine siblings, he says that his fellow villagers “disliked us and insulted us because of our religious beliefs.”...

Two young women, one from the Bnei Menashe "lost" tribe of Israel in India, and another from the Jewish community of Kaifeng, China, visited New York City for the first time earlier this month with Shavei Israel. Tablet Magazine's Rachel Silberstein had the chance to...

Nearly 5,000 new siddurim (prayer books) were sent from Israel to India recently and the Bnei Menashe celebrated with an outpouring of creativity, including folk dances presented by community members from various Bnei Menashe villages of Monglenphai, Sijang, Zohar, Patlen and Beith El Imphal (the residents...

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