News

Judaism > Bene Israel > Bene Israel News

Bene Israel

Webmasters: Add this Judaism > Bene Israel News to your web page for free using cut and paste RSS to JavaScript.

We have 2 pages of Bene Israel News Stories.

1.) A Jewish wedding in Kochi - Hindu

Over a week ago | Sunday 28th of December 2008 01:45:00 PM


Deccan Herald

A Jewish wedding in Kochi
Hindu, India - Dec 28, 2008
... of the Thekkumbhagam congregation of the dwindling Cochin Jewish community (called by Israelis as Cochinis) to Susan of the Bene Israel (sons of Israel) ...
Kochi witnesses Jewish wedding after 21 years Indopia
all 5 news articles

2.) Indian Jewish leader: Killers were ?warped monsters? - The Villager

Over a week ago | Wednesday 31st of December 2008 08:55:00 AM


The Villager

Indian Jewish leader: Killers were ?warped monsters?
The Villager, NY - Dec 31, 2008
Galsurkar said every Bene Israel member ? as the Indian Jews call themselves ? returns to India every two or three years, and that he was in Mumbai when the ...

3.) Colors and Cultures Happily Married in India - Forward

Over a week ago | Thursday 18th of December 2008 03:31:00 PM


Colors and Cultures Happily Married in India
Forward, NY - Dec 18, 2008
Most are members of Mumbai?s Bene Israel Jews. The Baghdadi Jews, once centered in Kolkata (the capital of West Bengal), have pretty much died out. ...
Scholar sees irony in attack on Jews in India Expressindia.com
all 6 news articles

4.) An enchanted memory - India Today

Over a week ago | Friday 26th of December 2008 09:06:00 PM


An enchanted memory
India Today, India - Dec 26, 2008
The gallery told the stories of the various Indian Jewish communities, and especially the Bene Israel or the Sanichar Telis, Jews of Maharashtra, ...

5.) Making 'foreign' one's own - Business Standard

Over a week ago | Wednesday 17th of December 2008 11:12:00 AM


Making 'foreign' one's own
Business Standard, India - Dec 17, 2008
Sadia Shepard came to India in 2001 on a Fulbright grant to study the history of the Bene Israel community. Her trip was driven not so much by scholarship ...

6.) Mumbai Jewish community determined to stay despite attacks - France24

Over one day ago, -62 hours, -52 minutes ago | Friday 02nd of January 2009 08:57:00 AM


Mumbai Jewish community determined to stay despite attacks
France24, France - Jan 2, 2009
Salomon is the leader of the Bene Israel community, whose name means "sons of Israel". According to their tradition, they are the descendants of King ...

7.) Number of Jews in city dwindling, says Israeli researcher - Times of India

Over a week ago | Monday 22nd of December 2008 03:17:00 PM


Number of Jews in city dwindling, says Israeli researcher
Times of India, India - Dec 22, 2008
And this is true even of the Bene Israel Jews who are migrating with their families to Israel," she said. One common theme that bound all the Jews in India, ...

8.) THOSE WHO FOLLOWED THE STAR - Calcutta Telegraph

Over a week ago | Thursday 25th of December 2008 02:11:00 PM


Calcutta Telegraph

THOSE WHO FOLLOWED THE STAR
Calcutta Telegraph, India - Dec 25, 2008
Running parallel to the history of Nana are the stories of the Bene Israel Jews in India. The members of the community believe that they were shipwrecked on ...

9.) Lecture on ?Cochin Jews? and their culture - Express Buzz

Over a week ago | Tuesday 16th of December 2008 10:32:00 PM


Lecture on ?Cochin Jews? and their culture
Express Buzz, India - Dec 16, 2008
Shalva Weil who has written a thesis on the Bene Israel Indian Jews and secured a D Phil in anthropology from the Sussex University in England made a ...

10.) December 14: Reason to cheer - Jerusalem Post

Over a week ago | Monday 15th of December 2008 12:08:00 AM


December 14: Reason to cheer
Jerusalem Post, Israel - Dec 15, 2008
Shelomo's family belongs to the Thekkumbhagam congregation of the Cochin Jewish community and Susan is from the Bene Israel community in Mumbai. ...

More Offsite Bene Israel Resources


Religion > Judaism Information

Navigation

Sponsored

Yiddish Topics | Yiddish News, Glossary and More - Everything you need to know about Yiddish

Topics

Syndicate


Powered by Odin Assemble 2.5a