Around the same time, a new population began moving in: Bnei Menashe Jews from the northeast Indian states of Manipur and Mizoram. More than 100 Bnei Menashe families called Sderot their home ...

Anyone who has followed my articles or my photos over the years knows that there’s a special place in my heart for the Bnei Menashe. I love the people, and I love sharing their personal stories ...

(JTA) — For the past several years, life was good for Lalam Hangshing as president of the Bnei Menashe Council, the governing body for Jewish communities in the Indian states of Manipur and Mizoram.

JTA — Members of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community are rejecting an Israeli parliamentary report that a missile strike in northeast India killed seven community members this week. The news ...

“This is the land of our ancestors,” said Vaiphei, 32, a Bnei Menashe Jew who hopes to make aliyah (immigrate to Israel) this year. Vaiphei’s dream is shared by the estimated 7,000 Bnei ...

History was made on Wednesday when Shalem Gin, 20, became the first IDF officer from the Bnei Menashe community - descended from one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. Gin received the rank of ...

The history and culture of the Bnei Menashe community will be in the spotlight this Wednesday at the open-to-the-public inauguration of the Bnei Menashe Gallery in Sderot. Rabbi David Lhungdim ...

The Bnei Menashe identify as descendants of a “lost tribe” group, tracing their origins to the Israelite tribe of Manasseh. In 2005, a chief rabbi of Israel affirmed their identity as a ...

Joseph Haokip, left, and other members of the Bnei Menashe community are eager to relocate to Israel because they believe that is where their roots are [Gurvinder Singh/Al Jazeera] Aizawl ...

The first-ever house of prayer in Israel for Bnei Menashe immigrants from India was inaugrated last Saturday and hosted their first Shabbat service. The Bnai Menashe community's newest Eliyahu ...

Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Since the early 2000s, many Bnei Menashe olim have integrated into Israeli society and contributed to it in many capacities—from rabbis to ...

India’s small Bnei Menashe community is reeling after a member was killed and a synagogue was burned during violent clashes in the country’s northeast. Some members of the community, practicing Jews ...