This article examines the Babylonian Jews’ religious music repertory (liturgical and paraliturgical) in the port city of Bombay (now Mumbai) in western India, based mostly on information gathered from informants in the mid-1980s in Bombay and the United Kingdom. 1 Six pieces from the repertory for religio-social occasions in the annual and life cycles –…
According to a representative from the Covid care center, they are set to fly to Israel on Thursday. Bnei Menashe Jews are thought to be descendants of the Manasseh tribe, one of Israel’s ten lost tribes. According to sources, the community currently numbers roughly 6,000 people in Manipur and Mizoram. Members of this group in…
CHURACHANDPUR, INDIA (Reuters) – Abel and Sharon Hangsingh, along with their children and grandkids, waited for the sun to set over their small Buelah Lane colony’s rusted steel roofs. As is customary in the far northeastern states, the sun sets early. They lit two white candles and assembled in front of the flickering light on…
Members of the Bnei Menashe tribe, who have been recognized by Israel as descendants of vanished tribes, are planning a reunion with their ancestors. After a visa prohibition was overturned, a “lost” Jewish tribe in India waits expectantly for a journey to Israel. In India’s northeastern provinces of Mizoram and Manipur, the Bnei Menashe (sons…
Thursday, April 22, 2021, 7-8 PM Abraham D. Sofaer and Marian Scheuer Sofaer, a power couple, discuss the Jews of India, diplomacy, and contemporary events in Israel, Iran, and the Middle East. During this program, local benefactors and business leaders Vin and Laurel Gupta will present their long-time friends the Sofaers. Source: https://www.jewishomaha.org/about/community-programs-and-events/jews-of-india/
Thursday, Oct. 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. Cochin Jews are descended from an old Jewish population that originally dwelt in the Kingdom of Cochin, a South Indian monarchy (the present-day port city of Kochi). Cochin Jews were once a thriving community that received favorable treatment from their neighbors and rulers such as the Maharajas…
Jul 07, 2021 · 11:30 am When it comes to Jewishness – and the right to return to Israel – constructed identities are especially important. Esther David (whose actual surname was Dandekar) describes attempting to “make aliyah” via the Law of Return, which allows Jewish people from all around the world to come to Israel….
More than half a century ago, the magnificent synagogues of Kolkata were packed with members of a vibrant Indian Jewish community. The congregations are no longer present—less than two dozen remain—but the mosques are still maintained by numerous generations of Muslim families. In 1798, a Syrian jewel salesman named Shalom Cohen became the first Jew…
Mon. Apr. 19, 2021 8:00-9:00 pm Baghdadi Jews in India were able to keep their communities alive by juggling various identities in a stratified and complicated culture. During the British Raj, the communities were immensely diverse, and they were able to successfully adjust to new surroundings while keeping certain traditions and changing and assimilating others….
April 19 08:00 PM – 09:00 PM Prof. Shalva Weil, Senior Researcher, Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Seymour Fox School of Education 8 p.m. in Israel Join us as we journey through the history of a unique community that spans countries and centuries… Prof. Shalva Weil will look at the remarkable transformations that the Baghdadi Jewish community…