The legend of the lost tribes grew not because the tribes vanished, but because the biblical record leaves their fate open-ended. Judah’s scribes shaped Israel’s story after the northern kingdom fell, ...

A group of people living in India claims to be Israel’s long-lost tribe of Manasseh. After centuries of displacement, they finally have their chance to migrate back to Israel and eventually claim ...

Ever since Joseph, coat torn, was tossed into that fateful pit by his brothers in the book of Genesis, the Twelve Tribes of Israel have never fully reconciled. Benjamin, Naftali, Issachar, Judah and ...

Who are the Bnei Menashe, an ethnic group from India that has been immigrating to Israel? Judy Maltz of Ha'aretz has covered the community for more than a decade.

Daber: in Hebrew, to speak. Daberu: Japanese for chatting. Goi: a non-Hebrew or foreigner. Gai'Jeen: prefix for a foreigner, a non-Japanese. Kor: cold in Hebrew. Koru ...

(RNS) — Since 1989, through special government permissions, about 4,000 Bnei Menashe have been able to make aliyah, but just as many people have spent years, in some cases generations, attempting to ...

Middle East Israel advances a 'lost tribe' immigration plan despite discredited ancestry claims January 31, 20264:50 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered By ...