The Baghdadi Jews of India
In 1760, the Persian Gulf port of Basra became a trading center for the British East India Company, and many Jews who had played a significant part in...
The congregation of Baghdadi Jews in Shanghai dedicated the newly completed structure that will house the Ohel Rachel Synagogue on January 23, 1921. It was built in the Greek Revival style of London's Bevis Marks and Lauderdale Road synagogues...
Who are the Baghdadi Jews?
In the late 1800s, Jews from Arab countries and Iran came to India. They are called "Baghdadi Jews." There were a lot of 'Baghdadi' Jews who came from Baghdad, but there were also a lot...
Baghdadi Jewish Merchants in Shanghai and the Opium Trade
Between 1858 and 1917, the opium trade was legal in China. The trade-in of this addictive, highly crippling narcotic drug was heavily dominated by...
Baghdadi came to refer to all Jews from Iraq, Syria, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire, as well as Jews from Aden, Yemen, and even Persia and Afghanistan. Baghdad, on the other hand, was always viewed as their...
Members of the Bnei Menashe, a group that is said to be from the lost tribes, remarry in a ceremony in Israel.
People from the Bnei Menashe community in Northern India who moved to Israel were married on Aug. 5...
I'm at Keneseth Eliyahoo, the powder blue-and-white synagogue at the heart of Mumbai's Jewish community, just a few blocks from the Taj Mahal Palace hotel and the Arabian Sea's Gateway to India bridge. It's one of several synagogues in...
The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County has been invited to present an exhibit at the Market Yard parking lot of the Monmouth County Clerk's Office, 33 Mechanic St., Freehold Borough.
According to a news release from the museum, this...
The Baghdadi Jews of Kolkota are little recognized for a variety of reasons, one of which is their migration from India following Independence. Manjira Majumdar brings a book about this community's remarkable food, lifestyle, and culture to light.
Despite the...
The Jewish Museum in London presents the story of British Jews while also honoring the Jewish community as a whole. The Baghdadi Jewish community in India is one such community.
This Jewish population, which originated in Iraq and spread over...