With only a few thousand Jews left in India, it's hard to believe that the country still has about 60 synagogues that are either still standing or have been in the past. Many are closed, but there are still...
Modi will again speak to people of Indian descent when he visits Israel in July for a three-day trip. There could be up to 4,000 Jews from the country who moved to Israel. His last event like this was...
ETHNONYMS: Beni Israel, Shanwar Teli
Orientation
Identification. The Bene Israel Indian Jews lived in Bombayand in villages on the Konkan Coast, south of Bombay, in Maharashtra State. Today less than 5,000 Bene Israel live inIndia, and more than 30,000 live in Israel. The Bene Israel claim...
In the past, India has been a safe place for people of all religions to live. Across the world, Jews found safety in India. Synagogues they have built all over the country show that they have a history together.
Bombay...
When the State of Israel was established in 1948, waves of Jews from India's three major centuries-old Jewish communities began to migrate to Israel, eventually resulting in a population of over 80,000 Jews of Indian heritage living in Israel...