Her journey is an inspiring one – and not just the trip on the bus to our meeting. Through remarkable determination, she has pulled herself up, arriving in Israel as a Bnei Menashe immigrant with her family at the sensitive age of only 12, to...
[caption id="attachment_9960" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Bnei Menashe girl looking forward to aliyah"][/caption] On October 24, the government passed an historic decision, one that paves the way for the return of a Lost Tribe of Israel to Zion. Resolution 5180, which received unanimous ministerial approval, will allow 275 members...
It’s now official: the Israeli government has passed the long-awaited resolution that restarts the aliyah of the remaining 7,000 Bnei Menashe in India. The first group of 275 Bnei Menashe (about 50 families) will arrive shortly after Hanukah. This is the first flight Shavei Israel...
For 25 years, the Bnei Menashe in the Beith Shalom community of Churachandpur, India, prayed in a dilapidated synagogue built out of bamboo and wood, supported by walls made of mud and covered with a fraying thatched roof. Now, the community has a brand new...
[caption id="attachment_9855" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="New Beith Shalom synagogue in Manipur"][/caption] For 25 years, the Bnei Menashe in the Beith Shalom community of Churachandpur, India, prayed in a dilapidated synagogue built out of bamboo and wood, supported by walls made of mud and covered with a fraying...
[caption id="attachment_9822" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Yehoshua Touthang and son Avi Doron selling the four species at their home for the community of Bnei Menashe in Churachandpur"][/caption] For many years, Shavei Israel has been shipping the arba minim – or the “four species” used during the holiday of...
One of the highlights of the holiday of Sukkot in India is the annual sukka competition, which Shavei Israel has sponsored since 2010; the top ten selected sukkot receive a prize. Bnei Menashe communities from all over India participated this year and, for the first...
Here are pictures of the sukkot from the Bnei Menashe community in Imphal. Please make your vote on our Facebook page. [nggallery id=171] ...
For many years, Shavei Israel has been shipping the arba minim – or the “four species” used during the holiday of Sukkot – to the Bnei Menashe in India. This year, however, the Bnei Menashe began creating their own arba minim using material found locally. We...
At the end of Sukkot holiday, there is a tradition to beat the willows – part of the four species – on the ground. Here are some fun photos, from Churachandpur in Manipur. [nggallery id=177] ...
