Breaking News: Bnei Menashe aliyah set to resume this summer
Celebrating Yom Haatzmaut in India
We have some tremendously exciting news to share with you. The long-awaited resumption of the Bnei Menashe aliyah from India is expected to begin this summer!
The first wave of 50 families, numbering some 250 people, is slated to arrive by the end of August. Another group should be in Israel in time for Chanukah. They will be settled in the Galilee in coordination with the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption.
Michael Freund visits India to deliver the news about the resumption of aliyah for the Bnei Menashe
Just before learning the news
Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was in India with the Bnei Menashe for Israel Independence Day. At the central gathering, with some 2,000 Bnei Menashe in attendance - nearly one-third of the entire Bnei Menashe community in India, many of whom had traveled for up to five hours by bus to be there - Michael delivered the electrifying news about the impending resumption of the Bnei Menashe aliyah.
"The response was unbelievable," Michael says. "People stood up and started cheering. Spontaneous singing and dancing broke out. The Bnei Menashe in general do not express emotion in public. So to do this was a very big deal."
Click to see pictures from Independence Day in India as a video
Here is an inspiring video collage we have put together with a selection of some of the great pictures from the event that Michael attended in Manipur.
Shavei Israelreaches out and assists Lost Tribes and "Hidden Jews" seeking to return to the Jewish people. These include the Bnei Menashe of India, the Bnei Anousim of Spain, Portugal & South America, the "Hidden Jews" of Poland and others. We welcome your support.
