HAs anybody heard the rumor that we are expecting an aliya from India? ?

Question

HAs anybody heard the rumor that we are expecting an aliya from India? ?

Answer 1

Religious, ideologically motivated Jews - not only from the West but also India - are drawn to Israel largely because of their beliefs, said Gerald Steinberg, a political scientist from Bar Ilan University. “Jews have been praying for the restoration of the Jewish homeland for 2,000 years,” Steinberg said.

Consider the Pachuau family, members of the Bnei Menashe community in northeast India, which traces its roots to the biblical Kingdom of Israel. They moved to Israel late last year out of a deep sense of Jewish conviction.

“We love the Land of Israel the way the Torah instructs us to,” Ovadia Pachuau, the family’s 49-year-old patriarch, said of their decision.

They have been doing so since the 50s

The largest Jewish community of Indian Jews is that of the Bene Israel. Earlier the Bene Israel lived in the villages of west Maharashtra in the Konkan coast. In the nineteenth century they started moving to the cities, mainly to Bombay (now called Mumbai) and to other cities among them Pune, Ahmadabad and Karachi which is now part of Pakistan. From 1950 onwards they started immigrating to Israel.

http://members.tripod.com/adaniel/beneis...

Answer 2

better go there and stay away from eu, we have enugh here,

Answer 3

I heard about it on NPR a couple of years ago, its amazing where the diaspora took us,if you want a good read check out the Kaifeng jews.

Also, think of what this means for Israels food culture.

Answer 4

great, hope they will have a safe flight. g-d bless.

Answer 5

It's more than just a rumour.

http://www.shavei.org//en/Default.aspx

Over 7000 Bnei Menashe are expected soon, G-d willing. Within the next 2 years, they should all be here.

Answer 6

i am very happy for the indians may the same fate befall palestine