Aliyah: Tribe Of 'Lost Jews' In Northeastern India Seek To Migrate To Israel

A small tribe of people from a remote corner of northeastern India claim they are the descendants of Jews and are seeking asylum in Israel. In the Indian state of Manipur, which borders Myanmar (Burma) to the east and Bangladesh to the west, thousands of local people have either converted to Orthodox Judaism over the past few decades or claim they belong to a group called the Bnei Menashe, who believe they trace their ancestry to one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. Manipur, which is overwhelmingly...