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 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

Mass violence returns to Indian state home to the Bnei Menashe

 Staff Sergeant Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat

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

 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.

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

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

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

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

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

By SHLOMI HELLER
 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 tribe in India prepares for Passover by baking traditional Matzah

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

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

 Israeli government discussing fast-track on immigration for Bnei Menashe

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

 (L-R) Bnei Menashe olim who served in the IDF: St.-Sgt. Gershon Menashe, St.-Sgt. Harel Paltuel

Over 200 Indian Bnei Menashe Jews join IDF's fight against Hamas

 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

Displaced by ethnic violence, India’s Bnei Menashe Jews construct sukkahs nonetheless

By Jordyn Haime/JTA
 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.

Bnei Menashe Indian Jews celebrate Sukkot despite ethnic unrest

A school classroom is seen empty in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem.

80% Israel's Ethiopian, Indian immigrants opt for religious education - report

 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.

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

By Jordyn Haime/JTA
 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

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

 TWELVE TRIBES mosaic (Middle candelabrum modified).

The Lost Tribes of Israel: Who are their descendants today?