A member of Degel Menashe, a B’nei Menashe organisation based in Israel, confirmed the arrival of the 249 members on Thursday night. (Source: Facebook/Degel Menashe) Over 240 members of the B’nei Menashe community of Manipur and Mizoram, who believe they are descendants of one of the “ten lost tribes of Israel”, were flown into Tel Aviv on Thursday night, in the first such batch of relocation of members of the community by the Israeli government. The B’nei Menashe are a Jewish community among the Mizo and Kuki tribal communities of Manipur and Mizoram, who believe that they are descendants of the Menashe tribe. There are about 7,000 members of the community living between Manipur and Mizoram, but many have already migrated to Israel over the years. Shavei Israel, a private body that oversees migration to Israel, said it has assisted in the movement of around 4,000 B’nei Menashe to Israel over the years.…