JERUSALEM – In an emotional festival, the oldest immigrant couple from a group of "lost Jews" to arrive in Israel renewed their vows in a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony.
The two are part a group of hundreds who recently moved here from India believing they are one of the "lost tribes" of Israel.
"The fact that they married under a Jewish wedding canopy in Israel after so many years of waiting symbolizes the return of the Jewish people to Zion," said Michael Freund, chairman of Shavei Israel, a Jerusalem-based immigrant organization working with the "lost" Jews....
The two are part a group of hundreds who recently moved here from India believing they are one of the "lost tribes" of Israel.
"The fact that they married under a Jewish wedding canopy in Israel after so many years of waiting symbolizes the return of the Jewish people to Zion," said Michael Freund, chairman of Shavei Israel, a Jerusalem-based immigrant organization working with the "lost" Jews....
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