The communities of Lost Tribe Jews in Northeast India began half a century after the British had converted most local people, all hailing from the some ethnic subgroup, to Christianity in the late 1800’s. During this process, some of the inhabitants saw similarities with their own indigenous practices and came to believe they were descendants from two of the 10 Jewish tribes exiled from Israel in the 8th Century BC. Elders in a village in the Indian State of Mizoram claimed to have received a message from God in the early 1950’s instructing them that their true home was the biblical land of Israel. In a bid to return there, thousands of Christians all over Northeast India and Chin State in Burma began converting to Judaism starting in the 1970’s. Today there are more than 7,000 Lost Tribe Jews in the region. Most Lost Tribe Jews in the communities wish to return to Israel, which they believe is their true homeland, promised to them by God. And while some members of the communities are able to relocate to with the help of Israeli organizations, for most it is an impossible dream.