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Diaspora Diaries: India
We sent comedian Noah Gardenswartz to India to meet the local Jewish community. We asked him to film everything. He did. Diaspora Diaries: India is our first in a series of short films exploring the global Jewish world. Subscribe to our email list below to stay up-to-date on new Diaspora Diaries films.
Bene Israel: Jews of Mumbai (Bombay)
In and around Mumbai live nearly 5000 members of an ancient Indian Jewish community with unique customs and culture. In recent centuries their story spans the eras of the British Raj, the independence movement, Zionism and the development of modern India. Proudly Indian they describe being Jewish in a country free of antisemitism. This video…
Jews of Mizoram – India
Thousands of previously God-fearing Christians in the Indian enclave of Mizoram are converting to Judaism. They believe they are descended from one of the twelve lost tribes of Israel.
Jewish Youths From India on a Visit to Israel
Birthright Israel is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a half a million participants, including 22 youngsters from the Jewish community of India. A dwindling minority in their country, they see Israel as their possible home. Shahar Peled reports i24news is an international 24-hour news and current affairs television channel based in Jaffa Port.
Sadia Shepard and the Lost Jews of India-Artstreet Miami
Sadia Shepard grew up in the Muslim faith. She later discovered that her grandmother was Jewish, a rare thing in India. In an effort to uncover her heritage, Sadia returned to India to find the Jewish tribe of her ancestors, the Bene Israel.
INDIA: JEWISH COMMUNITY LIVING IN BOMBAY
A small Jewish community living in the Indian city of Bombay is learning to come to terms with its shrinking population. The community’s numbers are dwindling fast, as most of the young Jews have migrated to Israel. But for the older generation Jews, uprooting a link that dates back 2000 years is not easy. They…
Jews of India
This is the second in the series of diminishing communities of India, who migrated from their native lands and made this country their own. This time it’s about the Jews who have a small, but significant presence in various parts of India.
Rabbi David Rosen on Hindu-Jewish relationship
AJC (American Jewish Comittee) head Rabbi David Rosen’s views on Hindu-Jewish relationship. Three Hindu-Jewish summits held (2007-2009) Between 1) Chief Rabbinate of Israel 2) Dharma Acharya Sabha 3) And other inter-faith officials from Israel and India.
India’s Jewish Food | The New York Times
Joan Nathan travels to India to look for Jewish food and discovers a rich cultural history in the process.