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who were forced to leave amid war. Jewish refugees in British India were able to secure jobs in the arts and the service industry while a disproportionately large percentage of the migrants found employment in the medical field. Alongside the adoption of various Indian societal practices and customs, these jobs helped Jewish immigrants create a sense of their unique cultural place and identity as Jews within British India.
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Immigration policy within the British Empire in the late 1930s and early 1940s often complicated Jewish entry into British India. One requirement of wartime migrants entering British India was for their passports to be "valid for return," where British officials could repatriate refugees if they were
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Central to the history of the Cochin Jews is their close relationship with Indian rulers, and this was eventually codified on a set of copper plates granting the community special privileges. The date of these plates, known as "Sâsanam", is contentious. The plates themselves provide a date of 379 CE,
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in those countries. The community consisted mainly of Jews who had falsely converted to Christianity but wanted to continue taking advantage of being Portuguese subjects, instead of immigrating to countries where they could practice Judaism openly (e.g. Morocco, Ottoman Empire). They were the primary
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Between 1938 and 1947, roughly 2,000 Jews illegally immigrated from Haslev in Denmark to India to escape persecution by the Nazi regime. Most of these refugees arrived in India at the start of World War II and consequently were better positioned to find employment and shelter than many European Jews
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Mumbai had a thriving Bene Israel community until the 1950s to 1960s, when many families from the community immigrated to Israel, where they are known as Hodi'im (Indians). The Bene Israel community has risen to many positions of prominence in Israel. In India, the Bene Israel community has shrunk
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They are divided into sub-castes that do not intermarry: the dark-skinned "Kala" and fair-skinned "Gora." The latter are believed to be lineal descendants of the shipwreck survivors, while the former are considered to descend from the concubinage of a male with local women. They were nicknamed the
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by Bhaskara Ravi Varma, the fourth ruler of Maliban granted the copper plates to the Jews. The plates were inscribed with a message stating that the village of Anjuvannam belonged to the Jews and that they were the rightful lords of Anjuvannam and it should remain theirs and be passed on to their
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European Jewish immigrants to India escaping persecution during World War II account for a small portion of Jewish Indians today. From 1938 to 1947, about 2,000 Jews fled from Europe and sought asylum in India. Over seventy years later, the descendants of these Jewish migrants have made their own
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There is no specific date or reason mentioned as to why they arrived in India, but Hebrew scholars date it to up to around the early Middle Ages. Cochin is a group of small tropical islands filled with markets and many different cultures such as Dutch, Hindu, Jewish, Portuguese, and British. The
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De Paiva died in 1687 after a visit to his mines and was buried in the Jewish cemetery he had established in Peddanaickenpet, which later became north Mint Street. In 1670, the Portuguese population in Madras numbered around 3000. Before his death he established "The Colony of Jewish Traders of
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Since most Jewish refugees spoke German and originated from Germany or its neighboring countries, British officials and Indian locals often found the migrants indistinguishable from their non-Jewish counterparts. By 1940, many Jewish refugees were suspected of being Nazi sympathizers or agents
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saw the replacement of Austrian passports with German documents, meaning that Austrian Jews attempting to flee with Austrian passports no longer met British immigration requirements. Still, Jewish aid organizations in India (most prominently the Council for German Jewry and the Jewish Relief
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They were instructed in the rudiments of normative Judaism by Cochin Jews. Their Jewishness is controversial, and initially was not accepted by the Rabbinate in Israel. Since 1964 however they intermarried throughout Israel and are now considered Israeli and Jewish in all respects.
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The synagogue in Surat was eventually razed; the cemetery, though in poor condition, can still be seen on the Katargam-Amroli road. One of the graves within is that of Moseh Tobi, buried in 1769, who was described as 'ha-Nasi ha-Zaken' (The Elder Prince) by
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When the Portuguese arrived in 1498, they brought a spirit of intolerance utterly alien to India. They soon established an Office of Inquisition at Goa, and at their hands, Indian Jews experienced the only instance of anti-Semitism ever to occur in Indian
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A link back to Rabban, "the king of Shingly" (another name for Cranganore), was a sign of both purity and prestige. Rabban's descendants maintained this distinct community until a chieftainship dispute broke out between two brothers, one of them named
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Madraspatam" with Antonio do Porto, Pedro Pereira and Fernando Mendes Henriques. This enabled more Portuguese Jews from Livornp, the Caribbean, London and Amsterdam, to settle in Madras. Coral Merchant Street was named after the Jews' business.
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Today it also attracts tourists as a historic site. Cochin synagogue at Ernakulum operates partly as a shop by one of the few remaining Cochin Jews. It is recorded that currently only 26 Jews live in Kerala, located in different parts of
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There are reminders of Jewish localities in Kerala still left such as synagogues. The majority of Jews from the old British-Indian capital of Calcutta (Kolkata) have also migrated to Israel over the last six decades.
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are a small religious minority who have lived in the region since ancient times. They were able to survive for centuries despite persecution by Portuguese colonizers and nonnative antisemitic inquisitions.
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rest. They claim that they descend from 14 Jewish men and women, equally divided by gender, who survived the shipwreck of refugees from persecution or political turmoil, and came ashore at Navagaon near
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since the creation of the modern state in 1948. Over 70,000 Indian Jews now live in Israel (over 1% of Israel's total population). Of the remaining 5,000, the largest community is concentrated in
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peaked at around 20,000 in the mid-1940s, according to some estimates, with others putting the number as high as 50,000, but the community declined rapidly due to emigration to the newly formed
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Jewish descendants "so long as the world and moon exist". This is the earliest document that shows that the Jews were living in India permanently. It is stored in Cochins main synagogue.
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and cemetery. They were traders and quickly became one of the most prosperous communities in the city. As philanthropists, some donated their wealth for public building projects. The
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eventually made their way to Madras in the 16th century. They maintained trade connections to Europe, and their language skills were useful. Although the Sephardim mostly spoke
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who are recent converts to the modern form of Judaism, but claim ancestry reaching back to one of the lost ten tribes of Israel; specifically, one of the sons of Joseph.
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In 1688, there were three Jewish representatives in the Madras Corporation. Most Jewish settlers resided in Coral Merchants Street in Muthialpet. They also had a
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in 1730. He and other early immigrants established a synagogue and cemetery in Surat, though most of the city's Jewish community eventually moved to Bombay (
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arrived at Cranganore, an ancient port near Cochin in 562 BCE, and that more Jews came as exiles from Israel in the year 70 CE, after the destruction of the
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Community is said to have arrived at the Konkan Coast in ancient times they are completely mingled in native culture. They believe that their ancestors fled
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Weil, Shalva. (1991) "Beyond the Sambatyon: the Myth of the Ten Lost Tribes." Tel-Aviv: Beth Hatefutsoth, the Nahum Goldman Museum of the Jewish Diaspora.
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Weil, Shalva. "Lost Israelites from North-East India: Re-Traditionalisation and Conversion among the Shinlung from the Indo-Burmese Borderlands."
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Judaism in Delhi is primarily focused on the expatriate community who work in Delhi, as well as Israeli diplomats and a small local community. In
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Inc., 2000. pp. 115–130. Weil, Shalva. "Symmetry between Christians and Jews in India: the Cnanite Christians and the Cochin Jews of Kerala."
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arrived in the city of Surat from Iraq (and other Arab states), Iran and Afghanistan about 250 years ago, in the mid 18th and 19th centuries.
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areas are often incorrectly called Bani Israel Jews. The Jewish community who used to reside in other parts of what became Pakistan (such as
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wrote to a Dutch trading partner that they were widespread in Maharatta Province, and observed two Jewish observances, recital of the
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Cronin, Joseph (November 2019). "Framing the Refugee Experience: Reflections on German-speaking Jews in British India, 1938–1947".
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Cronin, Joseph (November 2019). "Framing the Refugee Experience: Reflections on German-speaking Jews in British India, 1938–1947".
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at the end of the British Mandate in 1948. The Indian Jewish community now comprises 4,429 people according to the latest census.
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Baghdadi Jewish populations spread beyond Bombay to other parts of India, with an important community forming in Calcutta (
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Association) helped to form policies that benefited Jewish immigrants and regulated how Jews were resettled in India.
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A plan of Fort St George and the city of Madras in 1726, shows the "Jews Burying Place" (marked as "b."), the "
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whose recorded observance of Judaism, like that of the Bnei Menashe, is quite recent, dating only to 1991.
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Weil, S. 2020b. ‘Les Bene Israel’; ‘Paradesis et Malabaris: les Juifs de Cochin’. In: Edith Bruder (ed.)
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Rabbi Salomon Halevi (last Rabbi of Madras Synagogue) and his wife Rebecca Cohen, Paradesi Jews of Madras
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The Baghdadi Jews in India: Maintaining Communities, Negotiating Identities and Creating Super-Diversity
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has set up a synagogue and religious center in a backpacker area regularly visited by Israeli tourists.
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The better-established ancient Jewish communities have assimilated many of the local traditions through
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of Amsterdam, was an early Jewish arrival and the leader of the Madras Jewish community. He built the
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Aafreedi, Navras Jaat, "Jewish-Muslim Relations in South Asia: Where Antipathy lives without Jews"
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and arrived on Indian soil after seven people survived a shipwreck near the Nagaon village on the
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In addition to Jewish expatriates and recent immigrants, there are seven Jewish groups in India.
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Map of Jewish communities in India. Greyed out labels indicate ancient or premodern communities
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The Bnei Menashe are a group of more than 9,000 people from the northeastern Indian states of
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The first known Baghdadi Jewish immigrant to India, Joseph Semah, arrived in the port city of
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Unlike many parts of the world, Jews have historically lived in India with relatively little
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Aafreedi, Navras Jaat, "The Attitudes of Lucknow's Muslims towards Jews, Israel and Zionism"
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De Paiva established good relations with those in power and bought several mines to source
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Weil, Shalva. "Religious Leadership vs. Secular Authority: the Case of the Bene Israel."
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Aafreedi, Navras Jaat, "Absence of Jewish Studies in India: Creating A New Awareness"
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From India to Israel: Identity, Immigration, and the Struggle for Religious Equality,
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Weil, S. 2018a 'Indian Judaic Traditions'. In: Sushil Mittal and Gene Thursby (eds)
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Who are the Jews of India? - The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
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Samuel de Castro came to Madras from Curaçao and Salomon Franco came from Leghorn.
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The Marrano Factory: The Portuguese Inquisition and Its New Christians 1536-1765
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in 1947, when they fled to India (in particular, to Mumbai). Many of them also
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Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First Century: A Perspective from the Margin
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Weil, Shalva. "Where are Cochin Jews today? The Synagogues of Kerala, India."
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Researches and missionary labours among the Jews, Mohammedans, and other sects
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shows 22,000 Jews, of which approximately three quarters were located in the
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Aafreedi, Navras Jaat, "Community and Belonging in Indian Jewish Literature"
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taken from WP article on Rabban, which appears to rely on Ken Blady's book
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who practice a form of biblical Judaism and claim descent from one of the
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District, the Malabar Jews have a Synagogue and a cemetery, as well as in
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Contra Iudaeos: Ancient and Medieval Polemics Between Christians and Jews
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soon after its founding in 1640. Most of them were coral merchants from
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Aafreedi, Navras Jaat, "Hindi Novel Portrays Life of Indian Jews"
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Mr. Cohen, his German wife, and children, Paradesi Jews of Madras
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The oldest of the Indian Jewish communities was in the erstwhile
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during the 16th century. They were diamond businesspeople and of
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Roots of Dalit history, Christianity, theology, and spirituality
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India's Bene Israel: A Comprehensive Inquiry and Sourcebook
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Three Portuguese Jews were nominated to be aldermen of the
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who follow Judaism. Many among them follow the customs of
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considerably with many of the old synagogues in disuse.
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in Peddanaickenpet, which later became the south end of
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Index

Hodi (album)
Hodï
a series
Jews
Judaism
Etymology
Who is a Jew?
Religion
God in Judaism
names
Principles of faith
Mitzvot
613
Halakha
Shabbat
Holidays
Prayer
Tzedakah
Land of Israel
Brit
Bar and bat mitzvah
Marriage
Bereavement
Baal teshuva
Philosophy
Ethics
Kabbalah
Customs
Rites
Synagogue

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