This article talks about the Bene Israeli community in Ahmedabad, as well as Jewish identity in India as a whole. When it comes to antisemitism, the Indian Jewish community is thought to be the only one not to have...
Washington D.C., May 11 (ANI): This is how it goes: A new study shows that the Bene Israel community in the western part of India has genetic proof that they are Jewish. They, on the other hand, have always...
What did India's darkest day look like this year? Tisha B'Av marks the completion of three weeks of abstaining from meat, music, and dancing for the Bene Israel community, as well as for Jews all around the world. But,...
The office-bearers of the Succoth Shelomo Synagogue are busy persuading the minuscule population of this Jewish community to come forth to celebrate the occasion on January 26 as Republic Day approaches.
Despite its diminishing numbers, the Bene Israel community in...
A Tel Aviv University study discovered genetic evidence to support the allegation that the Bene Israel minority in India has Jewish roots.
The research was published in the journal 'PLoS One.' It examined the genomes of 18 members of the...
The Bene Israel Jewish community from West India is a unique group of people whose history before the 18th century isn't very well known. Bene Israel members think they are descendants of Jews, but they don't know who these...
The Bene Israel people are derived from 14 Jewish survivors of a shipwreck on India's Konkan coast, according to their oral tradition.
New York, NY: According to a study, genetic testing has proven what the Bene Israel group in western...
In colonial Bombay, this research investigates cultural contact and spread. It investigates the connection between India's little-known Bene Israel Jewish community and Protestant missionaries, focusing on Hebrew language training. While Cochin Jews taught the Bene Israel Jewish liturgy and...
My recent study journey to India with the Jewish Federations of North America's National Young Leadership Cabinet provided an opportunity to learn about the courage and perseverance of a rare group of people who battled hard to keep their...
Scientists have revealed the first DNA evidence to corroborate the Jewish roots of the peculiar Bene Israel society, which lives in the western portion of India and has a relatively unknown past.
According to academics, the Bene Israel community has...