Jews in India

Gov't approves plan to bring India's remaining 'lost tribe' Bnei Menashe back to Israel

The new immigrants will undergo Orthodox conversion through the Chief Rabbinate and will mainly settle in Nof HaGalil and other northern communities.

Newly arrived Jewish immigrants from Manipur in India, members of the 'Bnei Menashe' community arrive to the Ben Gurion international airport on March 22, 2018. The 'Bnei Menashe' community belongs to one of the 10 'lost tribes' of Israel exiled by an Assyrian empire 27 centuries ago.
Steeped in history and flavor, Nahoum’s Bakery in Kolkata stands as a sweet reminder of the city’s rich Baghdadi Jewish legacy. For centuries, Jews in India maintained a connection to the land of Israel, the writer recalls.

The Indian Jewish journey to Israel: A story of return, not invasion - opinion

Queenie Hallegua was the warden and managing trustee of the Paradesi Synagogue in Kochi, India — one of the oldest synagogues in the Commonwealth countries.

Queenie Hallegua, second-to-last Jewish resident of historic Indian Jewish community, dies at 89

 Members of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community prepare to celebrate the Sukkot holiday in Shavei Israel's relief center amid ethnic tensions in their local villages in India's northern state of Manipur.

Bnei Menashe Indian Jews celebrate Sukkot despite ethnic unrest


Modi visit signals historic shift in Indo-Israel relations

Indians admire the courage with which tiny Israel has held forth against hostile neighbors out to exterminate the Jewish homeland.

Indian Prime Minister Modi and delegation participates in meeting at the White House in Washington

4,000 Indian Jews expected to attend PM Modi address in Israel

According to the Embassy of India in Tel Aviv, Israel is home to approximately 85,000 Jews of Indian-origin, the majority of whom made Israel their home in the 1950s and 1960s.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a speech during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia, June 2, 2017.

First-ever visit to Israel by Indian Prime Minister set for early July

A spokesman at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem confirmed that the Indian prime minister will be arriving in early July.

INDIAN PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi speaks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi

Fundamentally Freund: Operation Menashe 2017 is underway

The group which made aliya last week was the first to arrive in over a year and a half, and the first from the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram to move to Israel in more than three years.

NEW IMMIGRANTS upon arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport.

PM: Strong ties with China, India thanks to ‘diplomacy of technology

Israel marks 25 years since establishing ties with both states.

China Israel flags

Mom's Mumbai cooking

Brothers Noach and Israel Yitzhak offer down-home Indian food in Tel Aviv.

Ma Pau restaurant

Members of Indian ‘lost Jewish tribe’ visit Auschwitz

Bnei Menashe member says visit strengthened his Jewish identity.

Members of India's lost Jewish tribe visit Auschwitz for first time

Rivlin lights memorial candle at Mumbai Chabad House

The attack on the Chabad house by an Islamic terrorist group based in Pakistan, was one of some 12 attacks that occurred throughout the city from November 26 to November 29, 2008.

Rivlin lights memorial candle at Mumbai Chabad House

President Rivlin to visit India

Indian Jews from across the country are expected to meet with Rivlin in Mumbai.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN hosts the India-Israel Forum yesterday at his official residence in Jerusalem.

A new arrival to Calcutta gives its Jewish population a bump, to 9

Flower Silliman has taken it upon herself to preserve the food tradition of the dwindling Jewish population of Calcutta.

Magen David Synagogue is located at the junction of Brabourne Road and Canning Street in Kolkata and was built in 1884 by Elias David Joseph Ezra.