<P> After learning about normative Judaism in the 19th century, the Bene Israel often migrated from villages in Konkan to nearby cities, which included Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, and Karachi . Based on Bene Israel tradition, after centuries of traveling through Western Asia from Israel, their ancestors migrated to India and slowly assimilated into the surrounding community, while maintaining particular Jewish traditions . David Rahabi, an Indian Jew, found the Bene Israel in the 18th century and took note of their Jewish customs . Some historians note that the ancestors of the Bene Israel belonged to one of the Lost Tribes of Israel; however, Jewish authorities have not officially recognized the Bene Israel as one of the Lost Tribes . In 1964 the Israeli Rabbinate ruled that the Bene Israel are "full Jews in every respect". </P> <P> The Report of the High Level Commission on the Indian Diaspora (2012) reviewed life in Israel for the Bene Israel community . It noted that the city of Beersheba in Southern Israel has the largest community of Bene Israel, with a sizable one in Ramla . They have a new kind of transnational family . Generally the Bene Israel have not been politically active and have had modest means . They have not formed continuing economic connections to India and have limited political status in Israel . Jews of Indian origin are generally regarded as Sephardic; they have become well integrated religiously with the Sephardhim community in Israel . Since the late 20th century, members of Bene Israel have also settled in North America, mostly in Canada . </P> <P> Since the late 20th century, some tribes in the Indian North - Eastern states of Mizoram and Manipur claim they are Lost Israelites and have been studying Hebrew and Judaism . The chief rabbi of Israel ruled in 2005 that the Bnei Menashe was recognized as part of a lost tribe, allowing aliyah after formal conversion . </P> <P> The Beta Israel ("House of Israel") are Ethiopian Jews, who were also called "Falashas" in the past . Some members of the Beta Israel, as well as several Jewish scholars, believe that they are descended from the lost Tribe of Dan, as opposed to the traditional story of their descent from the Queen of Sheba . They have a tradition of being connected to Jerusalem . Early DNA studies showed that they were descended from Ethiopians, but in the 21st century, new studies have shown their possible descent from a few Jews who lived in either the 4th or 5th century, possibly in Sudan . The Beta Israel made contacts with other Jewish communities in the later 20th century . After Halakhic and constitutional discussions, Israeli officials decided on 14 March 1977 that the Israeli Law of Return applied to the Beta Israel . </P>

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