American Jews with ties to a small community of Jews in Uganda have condemned the Israeli Interior Ministry’s “racist” decision to reject the right of those Jews to immigrate to Israel — simply based on the color of their skin: The ministry was responding to a Supreme Court petition by Kibita Yosef, a Ugandan Jew who had requested to make aliyah. Yosef, who converted to Judaism in 2008 under... 

This Sunday — January 3 — four adult females and one girl from the Bnei Menashe community of northeastern India will make Aliyah to Israel — the result of a government decision that was promoted by the Minister of Aliyah and Integration, MK Pnina Tamano-Shata in cooperation with the Shavei Israel organization: The arrival of sisters Rut (28), Dina (21), and Avigail Lhanghal (13) from Manipur,...