(Times of Israel) Gabe Fisher - The Israeli government has quietly decided to approve, after a five-year hiatus, the continued immigration of the Bnei Menashe, a tribal group based in northeastern India and Burma that claims descent from the lost tribe of Menashe. About 1,700 members of the tribe already reside in Israel, with an estimated 7,000 to 9,000 Bnei Menashe remaining in India and Burma.
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