{"id":1222,"date":"2017-11-15T13:29:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T18:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulanuarchive.kulanu.org\/?page_id=1222"},"modified":"2022-04-24T18:13:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T22:13:53","slug":"india","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/","title":{"rendered":"India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='content-column two_third'><div style=\"padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1431\" src=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bnei-Efraim-P1000633-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"India kulanu\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bnei-Efraim-P1000633-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bnei-Efraim-P1000633-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bnei-Efraim-P1000633-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jewish history in India goes back hundreds of years. Today, there are three main groups in India with different histories and a sizable number of Indian Jews living in Israel. The three groups are Cochin Jews, from South-West India\u2019s Kerala region, Bene Israel, from Mumbai and surrounding areas, and Baghdadi Jews, from Kolkata and nearby. Smaller communities include the Bene Ephraim, Bnei Menashe, and Afridi\/Pathans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Kulanu, our main contact has been with the Bene Ephraim and Bnei Menashe, thanks to the visits of Jack and Diane Zeller, Rabbis Bonita and Gerald Sussman, and Judi Kloper.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Useful Resources<\/h2>\n<h3>Photos and Videos<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=te5MfU0RZ24\">ONLINE SPEAKER SERIES: Tales from India&#8217;s Bene Ephraim Jewish Community<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.smugmug.com\/Timeless\/Bene-Ephraim-Slide-Show-India\">Photo Album of the Sussmans&#8217; trip to India<\/a>\u00a0by Rabbis Bonita and Gerald Sussman and the Bene Ephraim community (2007)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M5w3yNvS8O8&amp;list=PLD6929518EC017B03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bene Ephraim Playlist on Kulanu&#8217;s Youtube Channel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"general\">General Information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/spirit-floats-on-the-water\/\">Spirit floats on the water<\/a> by Dr. Eyal Be\u2019eri (2019)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/visiting-noahs-children-vizag-india\/\">Visiting Noah&#8217;s Children in Vizag, India<\/a>\u00a0by Meylekh Viswanath (2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/u-s-speaking-tour-non-jew-dreams-bringing-jewish-studies-india\/\">U.S. SPEAKING TOUR. A Non-Jew Dreams of Bringing Jewish Studies to India<\/a>\u00a0by Navras Jaat Aafreedi (2008)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.think-israel.org\/aafreedi.indianjews.html\">Indian Jews with Biblical Roots<\/a>\u00a0by Navras Jaat Aafreedi (2007)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/successful-absorption-shinlung-israel\/\">Jews of India<\/a>\u00a0by George Abraham and Kenneth Robbins<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iias.nl\/iiasn\/iiasn6\/south\/indojuda.html\">Indo-Judaic Studies Journal<\/a>\u00a0<em>(IIAS site)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/india-virtual-jewish-history-tour\">The Jewish Community of India<\/a>\u00a0<em>(Jewish Virtual Library site)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"bene ephraim\">Bene Ephraim<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/tzidkaniot-righteous-women-kulanu-communities-may-2016\/\">The Tzidkaniot: Righteous Women of Kulanu Communities<\/a>\u00a0By Bonita Sussman (2016)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/ephraims-people-connected-traditions-love-2015\/\">Ephraim&#8217;s People And Me: Connected By Traditions And Love<\/a>\u00a0Judi Kloper (2015)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/bene-ephraim-notes-field\/\">Bene Ephraim: Notes from the Field<\/a>\u00a0Jobie Lay (2011)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/bene-ephraim-andhra-pradesh-india\/\">The Bene Ephraim of Andra Pradesh<\/a>\u00a0by Yulia Egorova and Shahid Perwez (2011)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/india-journal\/\">India Journal<\/a>\u00a0by Rabbis Bonita and Gerald Sussman (2007)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/meeting-jews-andhra-pradesh\/\">Meeting the Jews of Andhra Pradesh<\/a>\u00a0by Karen Primack (2007)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/dna-indian-jews-manipuris-telugu-speaking-community\/\">DNA, Indian Jews, Manipuris and the Telugu-Speaking Community<\/a>\u00a0by Tudor Parfitt (2002)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/meet-telugu-jews-india\/\">Meet the Telugu Jews of India<\/a>\u00a0by Jason L. Francisco (1995)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/lets-go-india\/\">Let&#8217;s Go to India<\/a>\u00a0by Jason Francisco (1995)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/bene-ephraim-andhra-pradesh-south-india\/\">Bene Ephraim of Andhra Pradesh, South India<\/a>\u00a0by Sadok Yacobi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"bene israel\">Bene Israel<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/portrait-congregant-nissim-moses\/\">Portrait of a Congregant: Nissim Moses<\/a>\u00a0by Karen Primack (2007)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/new-delhi-shul-thriving-age-50-despite-dwindling-numbers\/\">New Delhi Shul Thriving at Age 50 Despite Dwingling Numbers<\/a>\u00a0by Karen Primack (2007)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/thane-jews-pass-blood-test\/\">Thane Jews Pass the Blood Test<\/a>\u00a0by Manoj Nair (2002)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"bnei menashe\">Bnei Menashe<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breakingisraelnews.com\/29531\/alongside-bnei-menashe-personal-journey-opinion\/#DklBykWOicgJ8bTR.97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alongside Bnei Menashe: A Personal Journey<\/a>\u00a0by Laura Ben David (2015)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/bnei-menashe-respond-halt-conversions-india\/\">Bnei Menashe Respond to Halt of Conversions in India<\/a>\u00a0(2005)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/india\/indiatribe.php\">Long-Lost Jews<\/a>\u00a0by Michael Freund (2002)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/lost-jews-find-new-friends\/\">&#8220;Lost Jews&#8221; Find New Friends<\/a>\u00a0by Gary Rosenblatt (2002)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/lost-jewish-tribe-wants-israeli-home\/\">Lost Jewish Tribe Wants Israeli Home<\/a>\u00a0The Associated Press (2000)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/coming-home-israel\/\">Coming Home to Israel<\/a>\u00a0by Avishai Guite (2000)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/remote-destinations\/\">Remote Destinations<\/a>\u00a0by Gabe Levenson (2000)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/menashes-children-come-home\/\">Menashe&#8217;s Children Come Home<\/a>\u00a0by Wendy Elliman (1999)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/a-letter-from-india\/\">A Letter from India<\/a>\u00a0by Benyamin Haokip (1999)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/an-appeal-for-the-shinlung\/\">An Appeal for the Shinlung of India<\/a>\u00a0by Jack Zeller (1998)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/jewish-seminary-manipur-breaking-ground\/\">The Manipur<\/a>\u00a0by Bruce Terris and Jack Zeller (1996)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/successful-absorption-shinlung-israel\/\">Successful Absorption: The Shinlung in Israel<\/a>\u00a0by Jack and Diane Zeller (1995)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/menashe-organization-convenes\/\">Menashe Organization Convenes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/lost-tribe-mizoram-india\/\">The Mizoram of India<\/a>\u00a0by Rob McBride<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/133744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bnei Menashe Celebrate Sukkot in Northeast India<\/a>\u00a0<em>(weblink)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bneimenashe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bnei Menashe<\/a>\u00a0<em>(link to Bnei Menashe website)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"cochini\">Cochini<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/cochini-jew\/\">How I Became a Cochini Jew<\/a>\u00a0By Arun Viswanath (2015)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/restoration-historic-indian-synagogue-parur-kerala\/\">Restoration of the Historic Indian Synagogue in Parur, Kerala<\/a>\u00a0by Jay A. Waronker (2011)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/synagogue-searching-kerala-india\/\">Synagogue Searching in Kerala, India<\/a>\u00a0by Ann R. Haendel (2006)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Erode<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/embracing-the-joy-of-judaism-in-erode-india\/\">Embracing the joy of Judaism in Erode, India<\/a> <em>by Judi Kloper (2020)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/in-rural-south-india-torah-study-flourishes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In Rural South India, Torah Study Flourishes<\/a> by Judi Kloper (2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Madras Jews<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/communities\/india\/the-jews-of-madras\/\">Finding History Where Least Expected<\/a> By Judi Kloper (2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h3 id=\"afridi\">Pathans\/Pashtuns\/Pakhtuns (Afridi) of India<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/jan\/17\/israel-lost-tribes-pashtun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pashtun Clue to Lost Tribes of Israel<\/a>\u00a0by Rory McCarthy (2010 &#8211;\u00a0<em>from\u00a0The Observer, UK)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/Cities\/Lucknow\/A_Biblical_Connection\/articleshow\/2853521.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Biblical Connection<\/a>\u00a0(2008 &#8211;\u00a0<em>from\u00a0The Times of India)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clevelandjewishnews.com\/articles\/2007\/12\/05\/community\/editor\/odet1130.txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unexpected, Impassioned Student of Indian Jewry<\/a>\u00a0by Cynthia Dettelbach (2007 &#8211;\u00a0<em>from\u00a0Cleveland Jewish News)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/Opinion\/Sunday_Specials\/When_a_Pathan_called_a_Jew\/articleshow\/2061970.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">When a Pathan is Called a Jew<\/a>\u00a0by Agniva Banerjee (2007 &#8211;\u00a0<em>from\u00a0The Times of India)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com\/are-the-afghan-peoples-the-taliban-came-from-lost-israelite-tribes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Did the Taliban Come From a Lost Israelite Tribe?<\/a>\u00a0(2015 &#8211;\u00a0<em>from The Jewish Standard)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Jewish-World\/Jewish-Features\/Researcher-claims-proof-of-tribe-of-Ephraim-in-India\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Researcher Claims Proof of Tribe of Ephraim in India<\/a>\u00a0by Matt Zalen (2006 &#8211;\u00a0<em>from\u00a0Jews and Joes)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/28194049.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malihabad\u2019s Israeli Connection<\/a>\u00a0(2002 &#8211;\u00a0<em>from\u00a0The Times of India)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/28302826.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In Pursuit of the Lost World<\/a>\u00a0by Agniva Banerjee (2002 &#8211;\u00a0<em>from\u00a0The Times of India)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shavei.org\/category\/communities\/other_communities\/asia\/pathans-india\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pathans (India)<\/a> from Shavei Israel&#8217;s website,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shavei.org\/\">shavei.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>To learn about this community in other parts of the world, click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/pathan\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='content-column one_third last_column'><div style=\"padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;\"><div class=\"textbox\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Bene Ephraim<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Local language: Telugu<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact Regional Coordinator<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/passports\/en\/country\/india.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US State Dept Info<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwnc.cdc.gov\/travel\/destinations\/traveler\/none\/india\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CDC Traveler&#8217;s Health Info<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/in.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CIA World Factbook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":114,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-template\/full-width.php","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>India - Kulanu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jewish history in India goes back hundreds of years. 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