Bnei Menashe: Seeking Roots, Reuniting Families, and the Journey to Israel In the northeastern states of Manipur and Mizoram in India, a community of around 5,000 people believes they are the descendants of the Manasseh, one of the biblical lost tribes of Israel. Known as the Bnei Menashe, translating to the “children of Manasseh,” they trace their roots back to the ancient Assyrian exile in 722 BC. Joseph Haokip, a 20-year-old undergraduate...