Bnei Menashe

Well, we can all rest easy now. Sure, Iran is still threatening to incinerate the Jewish state, Syria is actively trying to obtain weapons of mass destruction, and Palestinian terrorists continue to fire rockets into southern Israel on a near-daily basis. But have no fear! The Israeli government, at its weekly cabinet session on October 14, decided to devote precious time and energy to protecting us all from a far graver threat to the future of Israel: increased aliya from abroad. That's right. You read that correctly.
EN ROUTE TO ISRAEL: For Arbi Khiangte, Monday evening's regularly scheduled El Al flight out of Bombay was far more than just an eight-hour long trek across the ocean. Born and raised in the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram, which straddles Burma and Bangladesh, the striking 21-year-old is a member of the Bnei Menashe, a group that traces its ancestry back to a lost tribe of Israel.
Group in India believes it´s descended from patriarch Joseph    WorldNetDaily JERUSALEM – Hundreds of Jews from a group of thousands in India that believes it is one of the 10 "lost tribes" of Israel has been granted permission to immigrate here next month, fulfilling for many of them a life-long dream of returning to what they consider their homeland.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency TEL AVIV, Sept. 26 (JTA) — A group of 218 people from a remote mountainous corner of northeastern India who claim descent from one of the lost biblical tribes will be immigrating to Israel as recognized Jews for the first time. The aliyah of members from the Bnei Menashe community to Israel is a turning point, said Michael Freund, founder of Shavei Israel which assists “lost Jews” seeking to return to the Jewish people.
As Israelis mark both Memorial and Independence Days, descendents of a lost tribe of Israel in northern India will gather to commemorate the IDF's fallen soldiers and celebrate Israel's rebirth.  The B'nei Menashe will have special reason to rejoice this year, as a member of their community will be honored as one of Israel's outstanding soldiers at an official ceremony in Jerusalem, presided over by Israeli President Moshe Katzav.
During a clash with Hizbullah gunmen in Lebanon, St.-Sgt. Avi Hangshing heard a large explosion and hit the dirt for cover. As the two sides traded heavy fire, he gradually lost his hearing and his balance. Released from the army for medical treatment last week, Hangshing said he still walked "like a drunk person." The Lebanon skirmish might have been the most debilitating battle Hangshing has fought, but it was hardly his first. Before Hangshing could even join the IDF, he had to battle to be allowed into the country.
The Jerusalem Post For the past nine months, Ruti Joram and her four young children have been anxiously waiting to make aliya. It is not family matters which are holding them back, nor does the situation in the Middle East deter them from seeking to fulfill their dream. Since last year, their bags have been packed, and all their other possessions were either sold or given away. They have said the requisite good-byes to family and friends, neighbors and co-workers, and prepared themselves to build new lives in the Jewish state.
Arutz 7 Israel National News The Ministry of Absorption is holding back the immigration of 218 Jews from India whose bags have been packed and ready to go for more than nine months, according to Shavei Israel. More than nine months after they sold their homes and all their belongings in order to immigrate to Israel, over 200 Jews from India are still stuck in the country of their birth in the wake of Absorption Minister Ze’ev Boim’s refusal to allow their arrival.
The Jerusalem Post The Bnei Menashe want to come home to Israel. Their community of about 7,000 Indians residing primarily in the states of Mizoram and Manipur, believe they are descendents of one of the lost tribes of Israel. A total of 218 community members completed the conversion process, sold their belongings and began to wait. That was more than nine months ago.
Bnei-Menashe, straight from India to the Western Wall   Jerusalem: Indians from the north eastern Jewry, commonly known as Bene-Menashes, are here for their formal conversion to Judaism. Some 50 members of the Jewry community have arrived in Israel on a tourist visa and are a waiting the formal conversion.
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