Indian Doctor Aaron Abraham converts to Judaism – From tragedy in Mumbai to a Jewish life in Israel
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Lost Tribes of Jews from China, India Make ‘Aliyah’
As CBN News reports, some Jews are now returning from the world’s two most populous nations China and India. .. The Christian Broadcasting Network CBN http://www.cbn.com
The Last Jews of Kolkata
Up until India’s independence in 1947, there was once a large Jewish community in Kolkata. Known as “Baghdadi Jews,” they came from present-day Iraq and Syria in the late 18th Century.Today, this Jewish world is vanishing. Out of the city’s 15 million residents, only 20 are Jewish.
The Bene Israel: A Family Portrait
This documentary is both an intimate family portrait and a fascinating ethnographic study of the Bene Israel, one of three groups of Jews living in India today. Filmmakers Nathanson and Fernandez spent months living with one family in the Bene Israel community, documenting the family’s daily lives and recording the religious and cultural traditions of…
India’s ‘lost tribe’ of Jews looks to Israel
They say they are the descendants of an ancient tribe of Jews exiled from the land of Israel almost 3,000 years ago. In India’s remote Manipur state, this ‘lost’ tribe has lived for generations, adopting Judaism once again in the 1970s. Many members of the Bnei Menashe, as the community is known, now dream of…
Syrian Christians and Jews in Kerala Paravur and Chendamangalam Synagogues
http://www.TravelsWithSheila.com What a surprise to learn that Kerala’s main religion is Christianity and about its once Jewish presence. It is said Jews first arrived in 70 CE after the destruction of the Second Temple and received special protection from India’s rulers. All sights seen in this video are around a 1-1/2 hour drive from Cochin.
A group of Indian Jews from Mumbai visited Israel this week
Jews in the Cradle of India
“Jews in the Cradle of India” was presented at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on March 13, 2009. The panel included the journalist Rahel Musleah who is featured in this program excerpt.
More Jews from India, Bnei Menashe, arrive in Israel in 2012
A group of Jews who are thought to be from the exiled “lost tribes”, the Bnai Menashe, arrived in Israel in December 2012. Short… video story about their arrival. For more information, see http://www.shavei.org/category/commun
“From Jews to Indians” in Diamond Trading (from the Diamond Road documentary)
Diamond manufacturer Akshay Mehta talks about the transition from and intermingling of Jewish and Indian diamond traders. Clip taken from the interactive-documentary website “Diamond Road Online”, from 2007. Available to buy or stream: http://goo.gl/qNxuA. To see more clips, visit http://www.diamondroad.tv Kensington Communications creates and produces exceptional, award-winning television and interactive media. From high-profile television events…