Bnei Menashe Community
On 23rd November 2025, the Government of Israel approved a "significant, wide-scale initiative" to complete the Aliyah (immigration) of the Bnei Menashe community from northeastern India.
- The Menashe or Bnei Menashe are an indigenous community from Manipur and Mizoram in Northeast India.
- The community believes it descends from the biblical Tribe of Menashe, one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel exiled by the Assyrian Empire roughly 2,700 years ago.
- They are Christians who have converted to Judaism and now follow traditional Jewish practices, including observing holidays like Sukkot.
- In 2005, they were recognized as “Zera Yisrael” (descendants of Israel), ....
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