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Zion on the Myanmar Border
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On a rare visit to the B'nei Menashe of northeast India, Tibor
Krausz meets members of the 'Lost Tribe' of Mizos and Kukis, who are
pursuing Judaism with a rapidly deepening fervor as they wait to make
aliyah The hand-painted letters on the shutters of the "public
phone service" announce "Sabbath close." On any other day, locals can
call long distance for 42 rupees a minute (around $1) from the worn
touch-tone phone at this little convenience kiosk. But today is
Shabbat and the booth's o...
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Zion on the Myanmar Border
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Lost and Found
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Across the sabbath river
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; ... vanished, uncountable, in afternoon haze. It didn't matter. The Nile had shifted channels frequently in the course of its history. Maps of Pharaonic Egypt showed from five to eleven of these emptying into the Mediterranean and the Manmasi-Manasseh identification ...
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Avraham Poraz's bigoted liberalism
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; 00-00-0000 Headline: Avraham Poraz's bigoted liberalism Byline: HILLEL HALKIN Edition; Daily Section: Opinion Page: 09 Friday, July 11, 2003 -- Avraham Poraz Ministry of the Interior Jerusalem Dear Mr. Minister, Excuse me for making demands on your time. I know you are a busy man, perhaps too busy
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India Blocks Airlift of B'nei Menashe Jews.
Israel Faxx
; By Israel Faxx News Services A much-publicized operation, in which members of the B'nei Menashe tribe were due to be brought to Israel from India ...
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Translation of Torah for India's B'nei Menashe Nearly Complete.
Israel Faxx
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Waiting to Wed (Again)
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Wilmette man, filmmaker help Jews from Asia integrate into Israel
Chicago Sun-Times
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His own Lost Tribe
Jerusalem Post
; 00-00-0000 Headline: His own Lost Tribe Byline: Bret Stephens Edition; Magazine Section: Features Page: 12 Friday, August 9, 2002 -- What gave you the idea for the book? I've been intrigued by the Lost Tribes legend ever since I was a kid. The Lost Tribes myth was a myth about a different kind of a
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