JEWISH NEWS SERVICE
102 ‘lost’ Indian Jews immigrating to Israel this week
February 13, 2017

One-hundred and two members of India’s Bnei Menashe community are arriving in Israel this week, marking the latest group of so-called “lost” Jews to make aliyah. Members of the Bnei Menashe community claim to descend from Jews banished from ancient Israel to India in the 8th century BC. Their immigration is organized by Shavei Israel, a Jerusalem-based nonprofit that calls itself “the only Jewish organization today that is actively reaching out to ‘lost Jews’ in an effort to facilitate their return [to Israel].”…“Over the course of the coming year, with God’s help, we will bring a total of more than 700 Bnei Menashe immigrants to Israel—the largest-ever airlift in a single year,” Michael Freund, Shavei Israel’s founder and chairman, said in a statement. READ MORE

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