Aizawl, Jan. 5 -- The selection process for members of the Bnei Menashe community seekingto migrate to Israel is currently underway, with the list of successful candidates expected to be announced later this month, a community leader said on Monday.
Jeremiah L. Hnamte, a senior leader of the Bnei Menashe in Mizoram, said that around 300 people each from Mizoram and neighbouring Manipur are likely to be chosen in the current phase. Those selected are expected to leave for Israel-their religious "Promised Land"-by February.
A screening team comprising around 35 people, including nine rabbis, representatives of the Jewish Agency for Israel, and diplomats from the Israeli Embassy-among them the Ambassador to India-had been stationed in Aizawl...