The Lost Tribe (29 images)
In North East India, between Myanmar and Bangladesh, there lives a small group of people who have been practicing Judaism for over than 2,700 years.
They call themselves Bnei Menashe, (sons of Menashe), and claim to be descended from one of the Ten Lost Tribes of ancient Israel, who were sent into exile by the Assyrian Empire in the 8th Century BC. Around 1,500 members of the Bnei Menashe have made aliyah. Another 7,000 members still remain in India, hoping that the new government will...
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They call themselves Bnei Menashe, (sons of Menashe), and claim to be descended from one of the Ten Lost Tribes of ancient Israel, who were sent into exile by the Assyrian Empire in the 8th Century BC. Around 1,500 members of the Bnei Menashe have made aliyah. Another 7,000 members still remain in India, hoping that the new government will...
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