Indian jews
Bene Israel community fight to save historic Jabalpur cemetery from land grab, desecration
The Bene Israel community says Jabalpur's historic Jewish cemetery has been vandalized and targeted by alleged land grab attempts, with the case now before India's High Court.
First Bnei Menashe flight lands as Israel launches operation to complete community’s Aliyah
Netanyahu to meet with India's PM Modi 'very soon,' PMO says after call between leaders
Gov't approves plan to bring India's remaining 'lost tribe' Bnei Menashe back to Israel
Modi backs Trump’s Israel-Hamas plan, praises Netanyahu
"We welcome the agreement on the first phase of President Trump's peace plan. This is also a reflection of the strong leadership of PM Netanyahu," Modi said in a post on X.
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.
The Indian Jewish journey to Israel: A story of return, not invasion - opinion
For the Jews of India, Israel was not viewed as a foreign land to colonize but rather as the ancient homeland of the Jewish people.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
