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1.) Jew Wishes On: The Girl From Foreign, by Sadia Shepard

Over one day ago, -28 hours, -40 minutes ago | Sunday 04th of January 2009 10:59:00 PM

She grew up in the small Jewish community of Bene Israel. The Jews of Bene Israel believe that they are descended from individuals who were shipwrecked 2000 years ago, and are one of the lost tribes of Israel. Rachel eventually fell in ...

From jewwishes

2.) CrownHeights.info » Video - Mumbai's Jews Determined to Stay ...

Over one day ago, -36 hours, -53 minutes ago | Saturday 03rd of January 2009 08:48:00 PM

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 Salomon who came to India 2000 years ago. For the first time since their arrival, ...

From unknown

3.) CrownHeights.CH

Over a week ago | Wednesday 31st of December 2008 07:12:00 PM

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 attack occurred. Rabbi Holtzberg and his wife were very close with the Indian ...

From unknown

4.) JewishGen Blog: Helen Suzman: The Passing of a South African ...

Over one day ago, -3 hours, -51 minutes ago | Thursday 08th of January 2009 06:10:00 AM

... Bendery (1), Bene Israel (1), Berlin (1), Bessarabia (2), Bessarabia Vital Records Database (1), Bialystok (1), Bob Wascou (1), Bohemia (1), Bratislava (1), Brochure (1), Buchach (1), Canadian Immigration Records On-Line (1) ...

From JewishGen Administrator

5.) wedding dresses » Blog Archive » A Jewish wedding in Kochi

Over a week ago | Sunday 28th of December 2008 10:38:00 PM

The marriage of Solomon, son of Josephai Abraham of the Thekkumbhagam congregation of the dwindling Cochin Jewish community (called by Israelis as Cochinis) to Susan of the Bene Israel (sons of Israel) Jewish community in Mumbai was ...

From admin

6.) India's Jews

Over a week ago | Tuesday 02nd of December 2008 01:30:00 PM

As the Jewish genealogical journal Avotaynu recently observed in an article on one Indian Jewish group, "The Bene Israel flourished for 2400 years in a tolerant land that has never known anti-Semitism, and were successful in all aspects ...

From Sophie

7.) WNYC - The Brian Lehrer Show: Mumbai: A Jewish Indian Reflects ...

Over a week ago | Friday 12th of December 2008 12:00:00 AM

Because Jews have retained national feelings and aspirations, we regained sovereignty in our homeland, Israel. I believe that Mr. Daniel does not speak for all the Bene Israel Jewish community of India, most of whom have left India for ...

From listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)

8.) Jews in Mumbai reconsidering their long, quiet existence in India

Over a week ago | Wednesday 03rd of December 2008 01:46:00 PM

Today, most of the Jews in Mumbai have roots in a group known as the Bene Israel community, which claims to be descended from seven Jewish families who were shipwrecked on India's shore while fleeing persecution in the Galilee during ...

From ADMIN

9.) Jews and India

Over a week ago | Friday 28th of November 2008 12:17:00 PM

60000 India-born Jews live in Israel, about 1% of the national population, mostly Bene-Israel and Cochin Jews, two of the five distinct Indian and Burmese Jewish communities. American and Israeli Jews are now visiting the Subcontinent ...

From Mike Licht

10.) The Mumbai I Remember

Over a week ago | Monday 15th of December 2008 01:41:00 AM

The taxi driver thought he could take us to a Bene Israel synagogue. But when I got out and asked the rickshaw-wallahs, "Jewish temple kaha hai?" they looked nonplussed. "You know, Jews," I prompted them, "Like Christians, but older. ...