The long awaited resumption of the Bnei Menashe aliyah has begun. On Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, a Bnei Menashe group of 53 from the Indian state of Manipur arrived on a flight from New Delhi, accompanied by Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund. The BBC has...
אחרי שנים של הקפאת עלייה, הגיעו אתמול ארצה 53 עולים מבני המנשה, החיים בצפון הודו. "אנחנו מאושרים", הם אמרו, "חיכינו לרגע הזה מאות שנים". בן אשר כבר מחכה להתגייס לצבא: "רוצה לשרת את המדינה שלי בכל דרך שאוכל"...
Rabbi Yehuda Gin made aliyah from Manipur, India in 1992. He is the first member of the Bnei Menashe community to be ordained as a rabbi. In this short video, Rabbi Gin talks about his life and experiences - growing up in India, how he...
[caption id="attachment_10257" align="alignleft" width="222"] Ilana Shaporker[/caption] In 2000, Indian-born Ilana Shaporker was living in a convent in France, studying to become a nun. And she was slowly dying – both spiritually and physically. Something was calling her towards Judaism and towards Israel. Eleven years later, she...
Perhaps more than any other holiday on the Jewish calendar, Hanukah celebrates the determined survival of the Jewish people. Over two millennia ago a small band of fighters, led by Judah the Maccabee, fought against the Hellenist rulers of ancient Israel who sought to assimilate...
In preparation for the first flight of Bnei Menashe immigrants in the coming weeks, Shavei Israel held a special Study Day for 80 employees from the interior, education, welfare and social services, absorption and health ministries, as well as personnel working in the cities of...
[caption id="attachment_10041" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Jangboi Shmeon Sitlhou and family"][/caption] We continue with our profiles of Bnei Menashe who will be making aliyah in the coming months as part of the first flight of 275 community members from India. Jangboi Shmeon Sitlhou, 34, belongs to the Shivat...
[caption id="attachment_10034" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Michael Freund with the Bnei Menashe in Sderot: David Longdim, Eliezer Dongel, Ezra Touthang, Enosh Lhouvum, Bedan Kipgen, Shlomo Dongel, Gershon Toboy, and Yossi Longdim"][/caption] Last week, as Palestinian rockets rained down on Israel, Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund made his way...
