Who are the Bnei Menashe, an ethnic group from India that has been immigrating to Israel? Judy Maltz of Ha'aretz has covered the community for more than a decade.

A group of people living in India claims to be Israel’s long-lost tribe of Manasseh. After centuries of displacement, they ...

Israel plans to bring thousands of Indians who identify as descendants of the biblical Tribe of Manasseh to the country over the coming years, the prime minister’s office said on Sunday. The ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of Jews who claim to be the descendants of a lost biblical Jewish tribe emigrated to Israel on Monday from their village in northeastern India, celebrating their arrival after ...

Feb. 12—The story in the Book of Judges 19, 20 and 21 of a civil war in Israel over sexual misconduct is one of the Bible's most disturbing. The Revs. Marcos Zuniga and Mark Woodruff say the conflict ...

A group of 218 people from a remote mountainous corner of northeastern India who claim descent from one of the lost biblical tribes will be immigrating to Israel as recognized Jews for the first time.