In the 1930s and 1940s, India's leaders were faced with a new and urgent task: welcoming Jewish refugees fleeing persecution in Europe. During the Holocaust, 5,000 Jews fled to India, a safe refuge. It was important in saving their...
Shefali Vaidya Ji tells how even schoolchildren discovered the common root cause of persecuted Jews and Parsis fleeing to India, as well as the partition of India and other tragedies.
A very important non-Jewish community that had an impact on the Bene Israel was the Christian missionaries. In the eighteenth century many Christian missionaries came to India. Some of them had anthropological interest in India. They began with their...
In India, Hitler is well-liked. People on the street describe Hitler as a "wonderful leader," "a lover," "a brilliant artist," and "a great innovator," among other things. Mein Kampf is available in bookstores along the footpath. Hitler is a...
Ancient Jewish Burial Chambers from 300 BC in a Kerala Backyard - India's Unusual Stories
The book of Esther in the Bible tells the story of a Persian monarch named Assures who ruled over nations from Ethiopia to India and had a beautiful Jewish wife named Esther. Haman, on the other hand, plotted evil...
In the Indian city of Bombay, a small Jewish community is learning to cope with its declining population.
As most young Jews have relocated to Israel, the community's numbers are rapidly declining.
However, removing a 2000-year-old Jewish connection is difficult for...