Bnei Menashe

A new synagogue for the Bnei Menashe was dedicated at the end of February in the village of Thinghejang in Manipur. We have pictures from the event, taken by Shavei Israel's emissary Yochanan Phaltual. While on the road, Yochanan also visited the community of Canaanphai which...

A new synagogue for the Bnei Menashe was dedicated at the end of February in the village of Thinghejang, about 50 kilometers from the main Shavei Israel center in Churachandpur. Both are in the state of Manipur, where the majority of Bnei Menashe live. Thinghejang...

Last Thursday, Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar, along with members of his staff, paid a special visit to Shavei Israel’s Absorption Center in Givat Haviva to congratulate the 274 Bnei Menashe immigrants from India who arrived in the Jewish state in recent months as...

The Bnei Menashe had a grand time celebrating Purim this year, complete with a Purim play, dramatizing the story of King Ahashverous, Mordechai and Queen Esther; a lavish Purim costume competition; a "Miss Purim" contest for the children (look who won!); giving gifts to other...

[caption id="attachment_10615" align="alignnone" width="413"] Nathaniel Haokip (second from left) with family[/caption] Nathaniel (Ngamkholun) Haokip, 55, recently made aliyah from Manipur with his wife and three of his five children. But a serious illness almost took him from this world before he would be able to see...

[caption id="attachment_10612" align="alignleft" width="242"] Leah Singson[/caption] Leah Kimtinchong Singson, 68, is part of the Bnei Menashe group that made aliyah with Shavei Israel’s help in early 2013. Growing up, Leah’s father was known as Thiempu – it means “priest” in Kuki – and he served in...

[caption id="attachment_10551" align="alignleft" width="300"] Absorption Ministry Director-General Dima Apartsev speaks to the advanced Hebrew class in Givat Haviva[/caption] In December 2012, Shavei Israel organized a special “study day” for 80 government and local city employees who will be working with the Bnei Menashe immigrants who are...

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