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According to Amishav director and Jerusalem Post columnist Michael Freund, who visited the community in India earlier this year, the group will be the largest number of Bnei Menashe to make aliya at one time.
"The Bnei Menashe are deeply attached to Israel, and they were not deterred in any way by the security situation here," Freund said. "They are impassioned in their Zionism and deeply committed to Judaism, and we need to bring more of them here. They are a blessing for the country."
During the next year, the arrivals will study Hebrew and Judaism before undergoing formal conversion by the Chief Rabbinate to remove any doubt regarding their status, Freund said.
The group arriving tomorrow will bring the number of Bnei Menashe here to nearly 700.