Joyce Shankaran with friends and family in Bombay (L to R): Ruth Varsulkar, Joyce’s niece; Esther Talkar, Joyce’s friend; Elizabeth Abraham, Joyce’s mother; Joyce; Anu, Joyce’s daughter. The “Baghdadis,” referring to Jews coming mainly from Baghdad, Basra and Aleppo, but also from other Arabic speaking parts of the Ottoman Empire, arrived in India in the…
Tag: Jews of India
Facts: Bene Israel Indian Jews
ETHNONYMS: Beni Israel, Shanwar Teli Orientation Identification. The Bene Israel Indian Jews lived in Bombayand in villages on the Konkan Coast, south of Bombay, in Maharashtra State. Today less than 5,000 Bene Israel live inIndia, and more than 30,000 live in Israel. The Bene Israel claim that they originated in Israel and were shipwrecked off the Indian coast in the…
Facts: Cochin Jews
ETHNONYMS: Cochin Jews, Cochinis (Israel), Malabar Jews, Paradesi Jews, Black Jews Orientation Identification and Location. The Cochin Jews constitute one of the smallest Jewish communities in the world. They originate from the Malabar Coast in India and traditionally were divided into two caste-like subgroups: “White” (Paradesi) and “Black” (Malabari, although this entire group of Jews is from Malabar)…
Video: indian jewish malida ceremony
indian jewish family c celebrating the event of malida which is residing choir of prophet elijah to whom indian jews belive a lot and reading of torah singin g it with seder of various fruits and the malida made of poha and coconut water the traditional indian jewish food
Book: The Bene-Israel of India: Images and Reality
Title: The Bene-Israel of India: Images and Reality Author: Ezekiel Barber Published: February 1982 Country Published: USA Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield (non NBN) ISBN-10: 0819116459 ISBN-13: 978-0819116451 Description: Jews of India Location URL: http://www.amazon.com/Bene-Israel-India-Images-Reality/dp/0819116459/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312490049&sr=1-1
Book: The Saffron Swastika – The Notion of Hindu Fascism (2-Volume Set)
Title: The Saffron Swastika – The Notion of Hindu Fascism (2-Volume Set) Author: Koenraad Elst Published: 2004 Country Published: India Publisher: Voice of India ASIN: B0043H03L2 Description: This book presents a wide-ranging study of Fascism, Nazism, Communism and the Hindutva movement, and draws a conclusion that Hindu Fascism like Loch Ness monster is merely a…
Book: The Bene Israel of India
Title: The Bene Israel of India Author: Pinchas B. Toledano Published: 2002 Country Published: UK Publisher: Society of Heshaim ISBN-10: 0950108634 ISBN-13: 978-0950108636 Description: Jews of India Location URL: http://www.amazon.com/Bene-Israel-India-Pinchas-Toledano/dp/0950108634/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312489458&sr=1-1
Book: Wisdom in the Telling: Finding Inspiration and Grace in Traditional Folktales and Myths Retold
Title: Wisdom in the Telling: Finding Inspiration and Grace in Traditional Folktales and Myths Retold Author: Lorraine Hartin-Gelardi Published: September 2006 Country Published: USA Publisher: Skylight Paths Publishing; annotated edition edition ISBN-10: 9781594731853 ISBN-13: 978-1594731853 Description: Listen … Hear your deepest longings, triumphs and trials in these ancient tales of the human experience. Journey through…
Book: A History of the Jews of Cochin
Title: A History of the Jews of Cochin Author: J. B. Segal Published: March 1993 Country Published: UK Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell ISBN-10: 0853032521 ISBN-13: 978-0853032526 Description: Jews of India Location URL: http://www.amazon.com/History-Jews-Cochin-J-Segal/dp/0853032521/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312488913&sr=1-1
Book: The Last Jews of Cochin: Jewish Identity in Hindu India (Studies in Comparative Religion)
Title: The Last Jews of Cochin: Jewish Identity in Hindu India (Studies in Comparative Religion) Author: Nathan Katz, Ellen S. Goldberg Published: January 1993 Country Published: USA Publisher: University of South Carolina Press ISBN-10: 0872498476 ISBN-13: 978-0872498471 Description: An unusually cohesive and observant Jewish community that began settling in southwestern India (in the present Kerala…