{"id":350843,"date":"2025-11-28T15:58:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=350843"},"modified":"2025-11-28T15:58:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:28:28","slug":"bnei-menashe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bnei-menashe\/","title":{"rendered":"Bnei Menashe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>News:<\/strong> Israel has approved a plan to bring the remaining 5,800 Bnei Menashe Jews from Northeast India to the country within the next five years.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>About Bnei Menashe<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th.bing.com\/th?id=OVFT.SYISSdU75WPg_U-XzA4qvy&amp;pid=News&amp;w=300&amp;h=186&amp;c=14&amp;rs=2&amp;qlt=90&amp;dpr=1.3\" alt=\" Bnei Menashe\" width=\"390\" height=\"241\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The <strong>Menashe<\/strong> or <strong>Bnei Menashe<\/strong> are an<strong> indigenous community<\/strong> from <strong>Manipur and Mizoram<\/strong> in Northeast India.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">They belong mainly to the <strong>Chin, Kuki, Mizo, and Zo<\/strong> ethnic groups.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The community believes it descends from the <strong>biblical Tribe of Menashe<\/strong>, one of the <strong>Ten Lost Tribes of Israel<\/strong> exiled by the <strong>Assyrian Empire<\/strong> roughly <strong>2,700 years ago<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">According to historians, the community is believed to have reached India approximately <strong data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"383\">three to five centuries ago<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Their claim has cultural and traditional roots, though it is <strong>not scientifically proven<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">They are <strong>Christians who have converted to Judaism<\/strong> and now follow traditional Jewish practices, including observing holidays like <strong>Sukkot<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Over the last several decades, <strong>many Bnei Menashe have embraced Jewish rituals.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">In <strong>2005<\/strong>, they were <strong>recognized<\/strong> as <strong>\u201cZera Yisrael\u201d (descendants of Israel)<\/strong>, a classification that allowed them to <strong>pursue immigration<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">In <strong>November 2025<\/strong>, Israel approved a plan to bring <strong>all remaining 5,800 Bnei Menashe<\/strong> from Northeast India over the next <strong>five years<\/strong>, completing their <strong>Aliyah by<\/strong> <strong>2030<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Israel has approved a plan to bring the remaining 5,800 Bnei Menashe Jews from Northeast India to the country within the next five years. About Bnei Menashe The Menashe or Bnei Menashe are an indigenous community from Manipur and Mizoram in Northeast India. 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