Aizawl, Dec 11: A group of nine Jewish rabbis who spent more than a week here to screen members of the Bnei Menashe community, left the State on Wednesday. Their assessment of candidates ended late on Tuesday night.

Community leader Jeremiah L Hnamte said that about 35 visitors including the rabbis, officials of the Jewish Agency for Israel and diplomats from the Israeli Embassy, had been camping in the Mizoram since December 1. Their task was to identify 300 people from Mizoram and another 300 from Manipur for migration to Israel early next year.

The response was overwhelming. More than 1,000 applicants from Manipur and about 600 from Mizoram turned up for the screening at Thara Resort on the northern outskirts here, where the visiting team had set up base. Hnamte said priority would g

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