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Menashe (Yiddish: מנשה) is a 2017 Yiddish-language American drama film directed by Joshua Z. Weinstein. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017, where it was acquired by A24 for U.S. distribution. [ 2 ]
The Bnei Menashe (Hebrew: בני מנשה, "Children of Menasseh", known as the Shinlung in India [3]) is a community of Indian Jews from various Tibeto-Burmese [4] ethnic groups from the border of India and Burma who claim descent from one of the Lost Tribes of Israel, [3]: 3 allegedly based on the Hmar belief in an ancestor named Manmasi. [5]
Manasseh (/ m ə ˈ n æ s ə /) or Menashe (Hebrew: מְנַשֶּׁה, Modern: Mənašše, Tiberian: Mănašše) [1] was, according to the Book of Genesis, the first son of Joseph and Asenath (Genesis 41:50–52). Asenath was an Egyptian woman whom the Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughter of Potipherah, a priest of On (Genesis 41: ...
Ari Ben-Menashe (Hebrew: ארי בן מנשה; born 4 December 1951) [1] is an Israeli-Canadian businessman, security consultant, and author. He was previously an employee of Israel's Military Intelligence Directorate from 1977 to 1987, and an arms dealer. [2]
The Bnei Menashe is a group in India claiming to be the descendants of the Tribe of Manasseh. In 2005 members of the Bnei Menashe who have studied Hebrew and who observe the Sabbath and other Jewish laws received the support of the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel in arranging formal conversions to Judaism. Some have converted and emigrated to ...
Menashe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ari Ben-Menashe (born 1951), Iranian-born Israeli businessman; Carmela Menashe (born 1949), Israeli journalist; Doron Menashe, Israeli academic and lawyer; Eden Ben Menashe (born 1995), Israeli footballer; Oded Menashe (born 1969), Israeli actor, magician and television presenter
Manoel Dias Soeiro (Dutch: [maːˈnul ˈdijɑ(s) ˈsʋeːroː]; [needs Ladino IPA] 1604 – 20 November 1657), better known by his Hebrew name Menasseh or Menashe ben Israel (מנשה בן ישראל), [note 1] was a Jewish scholar, rabbi, kabbalist, writer, diplomat, printer, publisher, and founder of the first Hebrew printing press (named Emeth Meerets Titsmah) in Amsterdam in 1626.
Samuel Menashe (September 16, 1925 – August 22, 2011) was an American poet. Biography. Born in New York City as Samuel Menashe Weisberg, [1] the son of Russian ...