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  • Report: Israel to adopt 'Lost Tribe'

    04/03/2005 11:49:19 AM PDT · by ChicagoHebrew · 73 replies · 2,409+ views
    The Jerusalem Post ^ | April 2, 2005 | JPOST STAFF AND AP
    A special team of rabbis from Israel will soon be sent to the Indian-Myanmar (Burma) border in order to convert thousands of members of a local tribe who have been recognized as Jews by Israel's chief Sephardi Rabbi Shlomo Amar, The Times of London has reported. According to the report, the tribesmen have been defined as members of the lost tribe of Menashe. Once converted, they would be able to immigrate to Israel based on the Law of Return. The mission is reportedly funded by a group of Christian Evangelicals. About 800 members of the 'Bnei Menashe' have been brought...