TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ray,Dalia
TI  - JEWS OF INDIA
SN  - 9788193230909
U1  - 296.054 
PY  - 2016////01/01
CY  - Kolkata
PB  - Renaissance 
KW  - Jews -- India -- History
KW  - Jews -- India -- Social life and customs
KW  - Jews -- India -- Civilization
KW  - Jews of Kerala
KW  - Study
KW  - India
KW  - History
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Civilization
N1  - The Jews of India, a microscopic marginal community among other communities settled in India, have become an important part of the Indian history.  The Jews, who first landed in the port cities of India such as Cranganore and Cochin in the South, Surat in Gujarat, Konkan in Maharashtra and Calcutta in undivided Bengal in the 17 the and 18th centuries respectively for the purpose of trade and commerce and to save themselves and their religion from the onslaught of the Muslims, were never very numerous, Yet they have left their distinct mark in the economic, commercial, socio cultural history of India.

The Cochin Jews of Kerala, the Bene Israels of Gujarat and Maharashtra, particularly in Bombay and Poona and the Baghdadi Jews of Bombay and Calcutta, have left behind a rich heritage in the Indian cities where they settled.  Though always a miniscule community compared to other marginal communities in India, the Indian Jewish Communities' contributions to the economic and socio-ccultural development as well as to the cultural panorama of the metropolises in Kerala, Bombay, Poona, Ahmedabad and Calcutta, were vast, remarkable and praiseworthy.

The socio-cultural, economic, religious and Philanthropic activities of the Jews of India are reconstructed in this study with the help of both archival materials and contemporary sources.  The focus of this study is on the contributions of the Jews in India and also highlights the question of Jewish identity in the historical and social aspects and shows how their identity is manifested and preserved by the  Jews  in everyday life.  This objective study was also dealth with two other recent Jewish communities, The Bene Menashe Jews of Manipur and Mozoram and The Bene Ephraim Jews of Andhra Pradesh as well as the Indian Jews viz., Cochin, Bene Israel, Baghdadi and Bene Menashe Jews settled in Israel; Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-310) and index; Contents
Preface
Introduction

Chapter One
Jews of Kerala

Chapter Two
Bene Israel Jews of India

Chapter Three
The Calcutta Jews

Chapter Four
Bene Menashe Jews of
Mizoram and Manipur

Chapter Five
Bene Ephraim Jews of Andhra Pradesh

Chapter Six
Recent Jewish Immigrants in India

Chapter Seven
Indian Jews in Israel

Chapter Seven
Indian Jews in Israel

Chapter Eight
Conclusion

Bibliography

Index
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