{"id":53896,"date":"2016-06-06T10:33:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T15:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=53896"},"modified":"2016-06-06T10:33:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T15:33:13","slug":"push-indias-lost-tribe-menashe-signal-new-interest-farflung-jewish-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/israel\/push-indias-lost-tribe-menashe-signal-new-interest-farflung-jewish-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Push for India\u2019s \u2018Lost Tribe of Menashe\u2019 Signal New Interest in Farflung Jewish Communities?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Forward:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Israel will spend 8.1 millions shekels, or about 2 million dollars, to bring more than 712 members of India\u2019s Bnei Menashe community to Israel this year, the Israeli news site Walla <a href=\"http:\/\/news.walla.co.il\/item\/2963435\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In the past, the Ministry of Absorption and the Jewish Agency have handled group immigration to Israel. But in the case of the Bnei Menashe, a group that claims distant ties to the biblical Israelites, their immigration has been spearheaded by Shavei Israel, an Israeli organization that seeks \u201clost\u201d and \u201chidden\u201d Jews around the world, to take on the task of group resettlement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">While the Jewish Agency has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishagency.org\/blog\/1\/article\/33961\" target=\"_blank\">collaborated<\/a> with Shavei in efforts to bring the group to Israel, the Israeli non-profit has championed the small group from northern India.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"http:\/\/forward.com\/news\/341714\/does-push-for-indias-lost-tribe-of-menashe-signal-new-interest-in-farflung\/#ixzz4AoVvheAw\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Forward: Israel will spend 8.1 millions shekels, or about 2 million dollars, to bring more than 712 members of India\u2019s Bnei Menashe community to Israel this year, the Israeli news site Walla reported last week. In the past, the Ministry of Absorption and the Jewish Agency have handled group immigration to Israel. 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