There were 252 Jews from India’s north-eastern Bnei Menashe community, including babies and the elderly, who came to Israel on Tuesday to start a new life. In total, they make up 50 families and 24 single people. There are four babies under two years old, and 19 people over the age of 62. It was approved by the Israeli government for them to come to the country in October.
After they got off the plane, they went through the immigration process. A member of the Bnei Menashe community who was at the airport told PTI that “some 90% of them have already finished their aliyah (immigration) permit process.” Soon, all of them will be taken to a Shavei Israel center in the Nordiya moshav near Netanya.
