Indian jews
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
Role reversal, effigy burning, and cultural syncretism: Purim in Cochin
Queenie Hallegua, second-to-last Jewish resident of historic Indian Jewish community, dies at 89
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.
Indian 'Hitler' stink bug attracts international attention
The creature, whose proper Latin name is Catacanthus Incarnatus, kicked off a trend of naming bugs after famous people.
Kosher yachting and India's Golden Triangle
The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 48
Grapevine October 19, 2022: A peopled holy day
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Stone in Tamil Nadu may shed light on India's oldest synagogue, Jews
The finding is significant as it sheds light on south Indian Jewry, as well as information relating to what may be the oldest synagogue in the area.
Indian government to repair 600-year-old synagogue
The historic Kadavumbhagam Synagogue in Mattancherry had been used for centuries by Cochin Jews, but fell into a state of disrepair in recent years due to exposure to rain and other elements.
17 couples recently immigrated from India marry in Israel
Before the ceremony, they completed their formal conversion to Judaism by the Chief Rabbinate.
