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 Synagogue here are busy persuading the minuscule Jewish community here to come forth on January 26 to honor the occasion.
The Marathi-speaking Bene Israel group established the synagogue around 98 years ago in one of Rasta Peth’s short streets, also known as Jews Lane, in the city’s core.
