Israel has decided to adopt about 6,000 Indians who claim Jewish ancestry, and plans to send a team of rabbinical judges to formally convert them to Orthodox Judaism, the Haaretz newspaper reported Friday.
The mass conversion, ordered by Israeli Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar, will enable members of the group, called the "Bnei Menashe," or children of Manasseh, who claim descent from one of the lost tribes of Israel, to immigrate to Israel, the paper reported.
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