More Indian Jews get approval to migrate to Israel
New Delhi – A group of 200 Indian Jews are set to emigrate to Israel in January after the Israeli government approved their request, news reports said on Monday.
The newly recognised Jews belong to the Bnei Menashe tribe of India’s north-east and live in Mizoram and Manipur states, IANS news agency reported.
Rabbinical leaders in Jerusalem said the Israeli government approved the request for 200 people to emigrate from the states of Mizoram and Manipur, IANS quoted community members as saying.
“Many people are waiting to go to their promised land. We are yet to get the details of who would actually go,” Jeremia Hnamte, administrator of the Mizoram chapter of the Shavei Israel Organisation (SIO), said.
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Posted: November 18th, 2008 under General.
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