PUNE: Since the British landed in this area, Jews have been a part of Camp's diaspora. They arrived in the Cantonment area almost two centuries ago, from a variety of backgrounds. However, nothing is known about the burial sites...
A home away from home
In India, there are fewer than 4,000 Jews, although there are around 100,000 Indian Jews in Israel. Take a look at how it all went down.
‘Jews greatly contributed to India’s development, says, history scholar
According to Pushkar Sohoni, a researcher in Historic Preservation, Islamic Architecture, and Indo-Persian Cultural History, the Jewish population has made significant contributions to India's...
Sharad Pawar's visit to Israel in 1993 is a favorite story among Bene Israeli Jews. Nissim Moses, who resides in Petah Tiqwa, Israel, says that “he was given a reception by the Indian community and he started giving a...
Many of us learned about Hanukkah from an episode of 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S.' in which Ross (David Schwimmer) explains the significance of the holiday to his son Ben, or from the popular 'The OC' episode -Chrismukkah,' in which the characters celebrate...
Kenneth Robbins, a South Asian art collector who has documented several expatriate communities in India, and Pushkar Sohoni, an expert in the Deccan's Islamic architectural traditions, have collaborated with Surendra Kumar, a topographic panorama photographer, to create a compact...
Minority tag fails to change lives of Indian Jews in Pune
The city's Jewish community claims that laws intended to be resurrected under minority status are only on paper and have yet to...
Despite its diminishing numbers, the Bene Israel minority in this city takes pleasure in being "Indian" and hoists the tricolor on Republic Day and Independence Day to show its "patriotism."
With Republic Day approaching, the office-bearers of the Succoth Shelomo...
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While I was in Pune, India, I had the great pleasure of meeting a young gentleman by the name of Madhav S Killedar. Although not a Jew, he has tremendous admiration for the culture...
People in charge of the Succath Shelomo Synagogue are trying to get the small Jewish community there to come out and celebrate on January 26.
People in Pune say that even though the Bene Israel community is getting smaller, it...