Livelihood With Dignity, Bnei Menashe

Ma'alot is home to a large Bnei Menashe community(for more details about the Bnei Menashe, watch this-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTQ24YkYfo0) , a tribe of estranged Indian Jews that have maintained minimal but stable connection to Jewish heritage. Many have experienced significant challenges adapting to a very different culture, language, and social identity, Bnei Menashe find themselves in need of more support than what is provided by government agencies. The Yeshiva has stepped up by starting professional education programs alongside Jewish education courses in order to help these estranged Jews feel more at home in Israel. In order to give them the opportunity to finish their professional courses rather  than finding a menial job we must give them a scholarship. Otherwise from experience we see they quit the studies and struggle financially.