The next in our series of profiles of Bnei Menashe who will soon be making aliyah is with Hanoch Ben-Hoshea Haokip. Here is his story - plus a special video where you can see him with his wife Miriam and their two beautiful daughters.

My name is Hanoch Ben-Hoshea Haokip, aged 26. I am married to Miriam Vaiphei and live in Imphal, capital of the Indian state of Manipur, where I belong to the Beit El Jewish Community. 

 

In 2008, I finished an eight-month course from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Mumbai. I am currently employed as a Ground Staff Instructor for the Saint Flight Institution in Imphal.

  

Click here to read more of Hanoch's story. Click here to watch the video. 

Krzysztof Sadowski

Krzysztof Sadowski was not shocked when his grandmother revealed to her family, just three months before she died, that they were Jewish. Rather, "I was very proud," he says, "because I know that I belong to a nation with more than 4,000 years of history with a very deep culture."

 

Sadowski's story is emblematic of the revitalization of Jewish life in Poland. As the generation that survived World War II and the Holocaust passes away, more and more are sharing their long-hidden roots with their descendents before they die.

 

Click here to read more about how Krzysztof Sadowski is embracing his long hidden Polish Jewish roots.