On August 1, a convoy of some 100 Bnei Menashe will set out from their homes in the northeastern Indian states of Manipur and Mizoram for a demanding 50-hour journey across the country. The vehicles will stop only a few times for passengers to stretch...
After a two year break, Shavei Israel has resumed publishing a newsletter for the Bnei Menashe in Myanmar (Burma). The reason for the hiatus was due to the difficulty in finding someone at the main Shavei Israel center in Churanchandpur, India, who speaks Teddim, the...
Shavei Israel recently published the first comprehensive prayer book for the Bnei Menashe. A version of Psalms in Kuki is coming out, and the Bnei Menashe have various short booklets for use on holidays and for specific celebrations. But the community has thus far been...
Earlier this year, we shared with you the story of Yonatan Haokip, a young Bnei Menashe who has been single-handedly translating the entire book of Psalms into the Bnei Menashe language of Kuki. Now we have more news to share – and it reads well...
Shavei Israel's "Roots" email newsletter has reached an important milestone - its hundredth publication since we started more than three years ago. To celebrate, we're taking a look back at some of the articles you told us were the most significant or meaningful stories we've...
Every month the Bnei Menashe celebrate Rosh Hodesh - the holiday marking the first day of the month. The day includes classes, food, prayers and the "Seder Amenim" where Bnei Menashe women recite blessings over food followed by a resounding "Amen" from all the participants....
As the first copies of the first Bnei Menashe siddur rolled off the printing press last month, Tzvi Khaute was transformed. Khaute, who serves as Shavei Israel’s Coordinator for the Bnei Menashe, is normally a quiet, often times reserved individual. But now he has been...
During this year's Bnei Menashe Israel Independence Day celebrations in India, the "Shalom Entertainment" group staged an elaborate dramatization of the birth of the state of Israel, from the first Zionist Congress through many of its wars. The pictures show an incredible amount of effort and creative...
Here is a selection of some of the best pictures from this year's Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) celebrations in India this year. This year’s festivities took place in the village of Matiyang in the Churachandpur region and included song, dance, a speech competition, prayers, and...
Yom Ha’atzmut – Israel Independence Day – is always one of the most festive celebrations for the Bnei Menashe in India. This year’s festivities took place in the village of Matiyang in the Churachandpur region. Our emissary to the Bnei Menashe Yochanan Phaltuel gives us...
