JEWS IN INDIA

The Jews of India aren't one singular community. Among themselves they are divided into different communities. Each community has its own different culture, background and origin. Each community claims its arrival in India in different ways and it is not always clear how they really came to India. The three main Jewish communities of India are: Bene Israel, Cochini and Baghdadi. Besides there were Ashkenazi Jews and a community in east India which claim Israeli origin and call themselves Bne Menashe. The first three communities had some social religious connections with each other but most of the social religious connections of each community were within their own community and they regarded the other as ‘outsiders’.


BENE ISRAEL
COCHINI JEWS
BAGHDADI JEWS
MANIPUR JEWS
EUROPEAN JEWS
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES
JEWS IN THE CASTE SYSTEM
BOOKS About JEWS IN INDIA


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SEE ALSO:
JEWISH NAMES WITH INDIA MEANING
INDIA ISRAEL- SOME SIMILARITIES
ARRIVAL OF NON INDIAN RELIGIONS
WORLD RELIGION RESOURCES

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