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Echoes of Israel on Ghana’s Gold Coast

Geography also plays a role. Accra sits on the historic Gold Coast, making centuries of interaction with traders – including ...
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Indians Claim To Be A Lost Jewish Tribe — And Now They Can Finally Go Home

A group of people living in India claims to be Israel’s long-lost tribe of Manasseh. After centuries of displacement, they finally have their chance to migrate back to Israel and eventually claim ...
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Indian Jewish community dreams of a new life in Israel

India's Bnei Menashe believe they are one of the 10 lost tribes of Israel. A new Israeli immigration scheme plans to resettle ...
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Why Israel is moving Lost Tribe Jews from India to its conflict-hit north

Israel has approved a proposal to take back the remaining 5,800 members of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community from Mizoram and Manipur to Israel over the next five years. The Israeli government seeks ...
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Jewish identity among the Igbo of Nigeria : Israel's "lost tribe" and the question of belonging in the Jewish state / Daniel Lis

The curse of Ham and the lost tribes of Israel -- The Atlantic slave trade, the birth of Igbo consciousness and the age of British empire -- Early Israel-Igbo relations -- Biafra and the Six-Day-War - ...