Bnei menashe

First Bnei Menashe flight lands as Israel launches operation to complete community’s Aliyah

240 immigrants from northeastern India arrive under the “Wings of Dawn” initiative, with thousands more expected by 2030.

Bnei Menashe olim arriving in Israel, April 23, 2026.
THE KHONGSAI family in front of their sukkah, one of the families in Kibbutz Maoz Tzur. The kibbutz is home to more than 100 people across 21 families and is largely self-sustaining through basic farming, with residents maintaining Jewish traditions while awaiting their journey to Israel.

Israel launches gov't initiative to bring home, reunite Bnei Menashe community

BNEI MENASHE community members arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport.

India's Bnei Menashe Jewish community set for historic homecoming in Israel - opinion

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Gov't approves plan to bring India's remaining 'lost tribe' Bnei Menashe back to Israel

The new immigrants will undergo Orthodox conversion through the Chief Rabbinate and will mainly settle in Nof HaGalil and other northern communities.

Newly arrived Jewish immigrants from Manipur in India, members of the 'Bnei Menashe' community arrive to the Ben Gurion international airport on March 22, 2018. The 'Bnei Menashe' community belongs to one of the 10 'lost tribes' of Israel exiled by an Assyrian empire 27 centuries ago.

Israel's Bnei Menashe community finds a home in Sderot synagogue

The Alfei Menashe Synagogue in Sderot and its spiritual leader, Rabbi David Lhungdim, are building a community.

 AT THE Bnei Menashe Gallery exhibition (L to R): Rabbi Menachem Listman; Rabbi David Lhungdim; and Asher Misao

Bnei Menashe gallery opens in Sderot, showcasing lost tribe’s history

Israel's first Bnei Menashe synagogue initially opened in Sderot in 2015.

 On display at the Bnei Menashe gallery.

Mass violence returns to Indian state home to the Bnei Menashe

Tensions hit a high last week when a 31-year-old Kuki woman was burned alive.

 Police officers stand amidst smoke billowing out from tear gas shells fired to disperse the crowd gathered to demand the removal of the army barricades in Bishnupur district, in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, September 6, 2023

Staff Sergeant Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat 'wanted to be a warrior,' loved ones say

Staff Sergeant Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat, 21, from Afula, was among three other IDF soldiers killed in an explosion in northern Gaza.

 Staff Sergeant Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat

MKs push gov't to greenlight aliyah for 5,000 Bnei Menashe from India

Out of the 5,000 awaiting aliyah, approximately half have relatives who have already moved to Israel.

 Aharon Hanghal and the family of Gideon Hanghal, a Kfir Brigade soldier killed by a terrorist in September, pushed for aliyah rights after their Gideon's death.

A Bnei Menashe soldier died for Israel, but the state won't let his family make aliyah - opinion

In recognition of his sacrifice and to honor his memory, it is time for Israel to open the gates and bring the descendants of the Tribe of Manasseh home at last. 

 MOURNING SGT. GIDEON HANGHAL at his funeral on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl, Sept. 12.

Sgt. Geri Gideon Hanghal killed in Wednesday ramming attack buried on Mt. Herzl

Gideon and his family are part of the Bnei Menashe community, which claims to be part of the ten tribes exiled before the Second Temple's destruction.

 Sgt. Geri Gideon Hanghal was killed in a ramming attack in the West Bank on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.

Bnei Menashe tribe in India prepares for Passover by baking traditional Matzah

Members of the Bnei Menashe tribe in Northeast India prepare for Passover, baking matzah and observing traditional rituals, hoping to return to their ancestral land, Israel.

 Community members actively engaging in matzah baking at the Shavei Israel community center located in Churachandpur, Manipur, and Aizawl, Mizoram. (18/4/2024)

Bnei Menashe: Let us make aliyah and join 'our brothers and sisters' fighting in Israel

The Bnei Menashe have repeatedly called for the Israeli government to permit them to make aliyah and join their fellow Jews in protecting their homeland.

 Bnei Menashe community members demonstrating their support for Israel and demanding the release of the hostages.