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Promised Land Awaits 7,500 Mizo Jews in India
(Times of India) At least 7,500 Mizo Jews from Mizoram and Manipur will migrate to Israel, which they refer to as their Promised Land, this year. "Preparations for a mass migration to the Promised Land are on. The lost tribes from the northeast will go to Israel in the later half of this year after their peers from South America migrate to that country," said Jeremiah Hnamte, one of the leaders of the Aizawl-based Bnei Menashe. Zaithanchhungi, a Mizo researcher, said the Bnei Menashe had once migrated to the two northeastern Indian states after traveling through China and were still following the Jewish culture and traditions in many ways. In 2005, Israel's Chief Rabbinate officially recognized the Bnei Menashe as descendants of Israel. About 1,700 Bnei Menashe have migrated to Israel so far. Shalem Gin, 20, who immigrated to Israel from Mizoram in 1995, has become the first person from his community to be an officer in the Israel Defense Forces.