Archive · 28 Nov 2025
Bnei Menashe Community Returns to Israel
The Bnei Menashe are a group of people from India who believe they are descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel.
A long time ago, they were forced to leave their homeland.
Now, around 5,800 members of this community are moving back to Israel.
The Israeli government has approved this move, and the people will be settled in a place called Nof HaGalil.
This is a big and organized effort to bring the Bnei Menashe back to Israel, and it will be completed by the year 2030.
Around 5,800 members of the Bnei Menashe community are moving to Israel from India.
The tribe claims descent from the Lost Tribes of Israel, exiled in 722 BC.
The Israeli government approved their resettlement under the Aliyah program.
They will be settled in Nof HaGalil to strengthen the Galilee region.
This is the largest and most organized migration effort for the Bnei Menashe.
- Who
- Bnei Menashe community, an ethnic group from Mizoram and Manipur, India
- What
- Resettlement in Israel under the Aliyah program
- When
- By 2030
- Where
- From India to Nof HaGalil, Israel
- Why
- Claim descent from the Lost Tribes of Israel and seek to return to their ancestral homeland
- Community
- Bnei Menashe
- Origin
- Mizoram and Manipur, India
- Claim
- Descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel
- Exile
- 722 BC
- Resettlement Location
- Nof HaGalil, Israel
- Program
- Aliyah (Return to Zion)
- Number of Members
- 5,800
- Completion Year
- 2030