Bnei Menashe
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Bnei Menashe
The Bnei Menashe are descendants of one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel who were exiled by the Assyrian empire more than 6 centuries BC. THey live, inter alia, in Manipur and Mizoram. They celebrate festivals including Rosh Hashana
In 2011, an Israeli government committee approved in principle a request made by the Shavei Israel organization to bring on aliyah the 7,200 Bnei Menashe still in India. sinlung
