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June 19, 2023, 5:33 am
India’s Bnei Menashe community in crisis as Manipur rocked by ethnic violence
NGO Shavei Israel says 1 Jewish victim has been killed, over 1,000 displaced, and 2 synagogues burned as houses and businesses of the minority Kuki tribe are razed
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September 23, 2020, 4:18 pm
Indian kickboxing champ moving to Israel, plans to represent his new home
Obed Hrangchal, 26, who won national martial arts medals in India, is a religiously observant member of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community
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November 23, 2017, 3:29 pm
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PHOTO ESSAY: A different aliyah arrival
4 flights, many bus rides, an overnight stay in New Delhi, yet the Bnei Menashe sing their way through the airport
November 19, 2017, 2:44 am
3 detained for attacking police, Palestinians at protest over car-ramming attack
Security forces clash with settlers trying to block road outside West Bank town of Kiryat Arba, home to victim in Friday’s terrorist assault
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November 18, 2017, 8:11 pm
Victim of car-ramming attack remains in serious condition
Even Ezer Holaring, from the Bnei Menashe community, underwent surgery for head injury after terror attack south of Jerusalem
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Jacob Magid
November 18, 2017, 11:32 am
Israeli troops raid home of Gush Etzion car-ramming terrorist
Soldiers search the Halhul house of 17-year-old who injured two in Friday attack, encounter rock-throwing by residents
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November 17, 2017, 5:12 pm
Wife of seriously wounded terror victim urges prayers for his life
Even Ezer Holaring, from the Bnei Menashe community, undergoing surgery for head injury after car-ramming attack south of Jerusalem
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Jacob Magid
April 5, 2017, 1:20 am
10 Indian-Jewish ‘lost tribe’ couples remarried in Israel
Group ceremony is part of formal conversion to Judaism for members of Bnei Menashe, believed descended from biblical Manasseh
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February 14, 2017, 5:35 am
‘After 27 centuries of exile,’ 102 Indian Bnei Menashe head to Israel
Members of ‘lost tribe,’ to arrive Tuesday and Thursday, will join community in Nazareth Illit
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Josefin Dolsten
February 2, 2017, 12:58 am
500 years after being wiped out, Sicilian Jewish life is reborn
A vibrant community was expelled from Sicily under the Spanish Inquisition in 1493. What is causing residents to rediscover their hidden roots today?
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Rossella Tercatin
December 30, 2016, 6:06 am
Bnei Menashe Indians celebrate far-flung Hanukkah
Members of ‘lost’ community in northeastern state of Manipur gather to make sufganiyot, light candles
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September 25, 2016, 8:25 am
Chinese authorities crack down on tiny Jewish community
Study center serving Kaifeng’s 1,000 Jews closed by authorities, public events canceled, report says
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February 29, 2016, 8:21 pm
5 Chinese women immigrate to Israel, plan conversion
Members of Kaifeng community, believed to be founded by 8th- or 9th-century Jewish traders, to undertake formal process to become Jews
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January 5, 2016, 3:11 am
Indian quake rattles ‘lost tribe’ of Bnei Menashe Jews
Tremor of 6.7 magnitude that killed nine also causes damage to homes, property of Jewish community in Manipur
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Stuart Winer
December 11, 2015, 8:02 pm
Hanukkah worldwide, lifeline to a shared Jewish heritage
A celebration of the festival of lights in photographs, some from unexpected places
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Gabe Friedman
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