Waiting to Wed (Again)

From: The Jerusalem Report | Date: December 29, 2003 | Copyright information

Eight couples from the B'nei Menashe community, all recent immigrants, were married on December 4 at the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem. Originally from Mizoram in northeast India, the couples were ...

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