Indian jews

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.
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, meet in Jerusalem in 2017.

Netanyahu to meet with India's PM Modi 'very soon,' PMO says after call between leaders

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.

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

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

Modi backs Trump’s Israel-Hamas plan, praises Netanyahu


Le chabbat c'est le samedi, pas le dimanche

L’incroyable histoire du centre Zion Torah d’Erode, la ville du curcuma, quelque part dans le sud de l’Inde. Ou comment toute une communauté a découvert le judaïsme

La communauté fondée par les Devashayam

What Europe can learn from India

The peoples in India who speak these languages live in a country which is three-fourths the size of the EU.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend the Taiji and Yoga event at the Temple of Heaven park in Beijing, China on May 15

Indian ambassador to 'Post': Mission seeking Jewish-Indian revival

Ambassador Jaideep Sarkar shares a vision that would reconnect Indian Jews with their heritage while cementing India and Israel's ties in the modern world.

Ezekiel Isaac Malekar, honorary secretary of the Judah Hyam Synagogue synagogue, poses with a shofar horn inside the synagogue in New Delhi

Mumbai attack on tourists, Chabad house, hatched in Pakistan, ex-investigator says

Attacks targeted four guests at Nariman Chabad house along with its rabbi and his pregnant wife; hotels and tourist spots also targeted.

Pigeons fly near the burning Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008.

City Notes: Man’s post-office collapse ends in joyous wedding celebration

News briefs from around Israel.

Sderot’s renovated pool

In first, Indian PM Modi to visit Israel

No date for visit has been set, though some have speculated that it could be in November.

PM Netanyahu and India's Modi

Jewish tribe in India celebrates pre-Passover seder, hoping next year will be in Jerusalem

One of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, the Bnei Menashe are descendants of the tribe of Manasseh who were banished from Israel over 2,700 years.

Participants enjoying matzahs and matzah balls

Israel-Indian ties Goa-ing forward

As diplomatic relations between New Delhi and Jerusalem mature, Israeli tourism matures on the beaches of Palolem, Anjuna and Arambol, in Goa

Women relax outside the Crystal Goa cafe in Palolem.

SA Jews blast BDSers for hosting double hijacker

Leila Khaled, convicted in two separate incidents of air piracy in 1969 and 1970, scheduled for speaking tour of country.

LEILA KHALED holds a banner outside the US Embassy in Jordan during a protest in 1997.