Jews of India Virtual Tour

A virtual tour of the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County's revolving exhibit "Jews of India: The History and Practices of the Bene Israel, Cochin, and Baghdadi Jews" is available. The contribution of books and artifacts by community members...
The history of Jews in India dates back thousands of years. In documented history, Judaism was one of the first foreign religions to enter India. Indian Jews are a religious minority in India, although unlike in many other parts...
https://www.youtube.com/embed/FtmmUyju6gQ A small Jewish community has existed on India's Malabar coast for 900 years, coexisting peacefully with their Hindu, Muslim, and Christian neighbors. It has served as an example of interfaith tolerance....
The history of Jews from Israel, Spain, and Portugal in India, as well as how the Maharajas treated them. How Indians treated Israeli Jews from Spain and Portugal to the shores of Kochi, Kerala. Relations between Israel and India throughout the...
A very important non-Jewish community that had an impact on the Bene Israel was the Christian missionaries. In the eighteenth century many Christian missionaries came to India. Some of them had anthropological interest in India. They began with their...
In September 1937, anthropologist David Mandelbaum short documentary film. One of the first cultural anthropologists to conduct ethnographic research in India was David Goodman Mandelbaum (1911-1987), who taught at the University of California, Berkeley from 1946 until his retirement in...
www.tjctv.com An ancient Sephardic tradition spices up Rosh Hashana dinner. Rahel Musleah, author of "Apples and Pomegranates," hails from the Bagdadi community in Calcutta, India, and shares her family's take on the Rosh Hashana seder. MODERN JEWISH MOM is hosted...