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...
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...
As trade between India and Israel grows, Jews of Indian ancestry are seen as a key to strengthening connections. New Delhi has devised a strategy to strengthen ties between Israelis of Indian descent and their ancestral nation.
India's and Israel's...
India has been home to Jewish groups who have been persecuted for a long time. One of them is the Bene Israel, which has been around for more than 2,000 years now.
Of course, India has always been open to...
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...