While the West is primarily home to the Ashkenazi Jews, there are three different Jewish communities that reside in India, ...

India's largest Jewish community, however, is the Bene Israel in Mumbai. Although their arrival in India is something of a mystery (some claim to have arrived in India in the 2nd century BCE ...

Park Synagogue will host a virtual tour of The Synagogues of India at 1 p.m. Jan. 22 on Zoom.

They also lived in three very different regions of India. While the Baghdadi Jews of Bombay lived in close proximity with the Bene Israel there was very little interaction between them. How is the ...

Focusing primarily on the Bene Israel and Baghdadis in the late 19th and 20th centuries, Joan Roland describes how identities begun under the Indian caste system changed with British colonial rule, ...

About Bene Israel Raigad district is home to a distinct ... However, the existing community comprises just 30 families. Across India, the Jewish population has fallen from a peak of nearly 50,000 ...

India is home to 3 historically distinct Jewish communities: the Bene Israel (”Sons of Israel”), the Cochin Jews, and the ...