Indian jews

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.
PRIME MINISTER of India Narendra Modi looks on during his 2017 visit to Israel as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signs a document of cooperation.

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

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

Steeped in history and flavor, Nahoum’s Bakery in Kolkata stands as a sweet reminder of the city’s rich Baghdadi Jewish legacy. For centuries, Jews in India maintained a connection to the land of Israel, the writer recalls.

The Indian Jewish journey to Israel: A story of return, not invasion - opinion


Role reversal, effigy burning, and cultural syncretism: Purim in Cochin

The unique Purim traditions of Cochini Jews have slowly faded from memory following their arrival in Israel and integration with the wider Jewish community.

 Cochin Jews at the 450th year celebration of the Paradesi synagogue, December 2017.

Queenie Hallegua, second-to-last Jewish resident of historic Indian Jewish community, dies at 89

Queenie Hallegua was the warden and managing trustee of the Paradesi Synagogue, a 450-year-old landmark, from 2012 to 2018.

Queenie Hallegua was the warden and managing trustee of the Paradesi Synagogue in Kochi, India — one of the oldest synagogues in the Commonwealth countries.

Israel pressured to fast-track Bnei Menashe immigration after missile kills seven

Approximately 5,500 members of the Bnei Menashe community currently reside in India, waiting for the opportunity to start new lives in Israel.

 Israeli government discussing fast-track on immigration for Bnei Menashe

Bnei Menashe Indian Jews celebrate Sukkot despite ethnic unrest

The Bnei Menashe Jewish community – which numbers roughly 5,000 total inside India – has become a victim of ethnic tensions in India's northern state of Manipur.

 Members of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community prepare to celebrate the Sukkot holiday in Shavei Israel's relief center amid ethnic tensions in their local villages in India's northern state of Manipur.

India’s Bnei Menashe community in crisis as ethnic violence burns synagogues and displaces hundreds

In 2005, a chief rabbi of Israel affirmed their identity as a “lost tribe” group with historic Jewish ties, but researchers have not found sufficient evidence to back the claim.

 A scooterist rides past a damaged water tanker that was set afire during a protest by tribal groups in Churachandpur in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, May 4, 2023.

Bnei Menashe: community members demand aliyah, killed in violent India unrest

Violence erupted during a protest march on Tuesday by thousands of tribal people opposing a demand by a non-tribal group for the constitutionally defined status of an official tribe.

 A scooterist rides past a damaged water tanker that was set afire during a protest by tribal groups in Churachandpur in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, May 4, 2023.

Indian Bnei Menashe tribe receives new version of Kuki-Hebrew Siddur

The siddur, created by the Shavei Israel organization, contains the original Hebrew text according to the Sephardic rite along with a phonetic transliteration and annotations in the Kuki language.


Indian 'Hitler' stink bug attracts international attention

The creature, whose proper Latin name is Catacanthus Incarnatus, kicked off a trend of naming bugs after famous people.

 Catacanthus Incarnatus, also known as the "Hitler bug."

Kosher yachting and India's Golden Triangle

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 The Taj Mahal  in Agra

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 ‘THE FEAST of the Rejoicing of the Law at the Synagogue in Leghorn, Italy’ (1850) by Solomon Alexander Hart.

Stone in Tamil Nadu may shed light on India's oldest synagogue, Jews

The finding is significant as it sheds light on south Indian Jewry, as well as information relating to what may be the oldest synagogue in the area.

 Aerial view of Chennai, capital city of Tamil Nadu, India (Illustrative).