The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Israel has revived any expectations of a little Dalit people group which guarantees that it is one of the lost Jewish tribes, the Ephraim faction.
Leader of the Bene Yacob Synagogue at Kothareddypalem close Chebrolu, 17 km from Guntur, Shadok Yacobi disclosed to The Hindu that he had sent an email to the Prime Minister to seek after a long-pending solicitation to Israel to assimilate them in their nation.
In the course of the most recent 30 years, around 30 families who acted as homestead workers, have been observing Jewish celebrations in the intense expectation that they will be consumed back in the Promised Land sometime in the not so distant future.
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The comunity has pulled in the consideration of a few researchers from over the world. Their expectations taken off after Shadok’s brother, Shemuel Yakobi, whose child has been living in Israel throughout the previous 25 years, was conceded citizenship.
We will keep on practicing our confidence here regardless of the possibility that the Israeli government does not remember us and we have additionally spoke to the Andhra Pradesh government to give us minority status,” said Mr. Shadok Yacobi.