The Bnei Menashe, who are from north-eastern Indian states of Mizoram and Manipur, identify as descendants of the Manasseh tribe, one of the 10 “lost tribes of Israel” exiled at the end of the ...

Rather than being one tribe short, the descendants of the sons of Joseph—Ephraim and Manasseh—were recognized as two distinct tribes, bringing the number of tribes encamped around the ...

An Indian-Jewish soldier who belonged to one of the “lost tribes” of Israel has been killed fighting in northern Gaza.

The Bnei Menashe, or sons of Manasseh, are supposedly descended from one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Biblical Israel sent into exile by the Assyrian Empire starting in 733 BC. After the exile ...