{"product_id":"the-jews-of-india","title":"The Jews of India","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Benjamin J Israel\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Mosaic Books\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2001\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 149\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8185399433\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book tells the story of the three strands of Indian Jews - the ancient Bene Israel and Cochini Jewish communities and the more recent community of West-Asia Jews, the 'Baghdadis', their inter-relations and interactions with the Hindu and Muslim communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough many may be aware of this.  India has had resident Jewish communities for more than a millennium.  Regular visits by Jewish merchants and sailors from West Asia go back two millennia and more.  This book tells the story of the three strands of Indian Jews--the ancient Bene Israel and Cochini Jewish communities and the more recent (18th-20th century) community of West-India Jews, the 'Baghdadis', their inter-relations and interactions, both among themselves and with the Hindu and Muslim communities among which they lived and worked in peace and harmony.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNever numerous, the number of Jews in India has dwindled, especially of the Cochinis and Baghdadis, who are now so few that they find it extremely difficult to maintain any community activity, religious or otherwise, without the support of the Bene Israel of Maharashtra who, though a fraction of their original number, are still numerous enough to sustain a viable community life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second part of this book is devoted to this small but surviving India Jewish community, their religious evolution after years of total isolation from all centers of world Jewry, and the surnames they adopted which link them for all time with their ancient village homelands in the coastal Konkan region of Western India.  Few though they are, they remain a continuing demonstration of how a miniscule community, long subject to discrimination and persecution elsewhere, could live in India with honor and in complete harmony with its fellow Indians over almost two millennia, in spite of its centuries-long complete isolation as a religious group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Ezra Kolet to the 1982 edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE JEWS OF INDIA\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eIndian Jewish Communities\u003cbr\u003eThe Bene Israel\u003cbr\u003eThe Cochin Jews\u003cbr\u003eThe Baghdadis\u003cbr\u003eConcluding Remarks\u003cbr\u003eSupplement: The Jewish Contribution to India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTWO BENE ISRAEL STUDIES\u003cbr\u003eMAP: Kolaba District\u003cbr\u003eReligious Evolution among the Bene Israel of India since 1750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Moses Maimonides and the Bene Israel\u003cbr\u003eBene Israel Surnames and Their Village Links\u003cbr\u003eMap: Kolaba District--Village\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: Bene israel Surnames\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Tahsilwise List of Villages with Populations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(The Once Bene Israel) Habitat\u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eGlossary of Jewish Terms\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Benjamin J Israel \/ Mosaic Books \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153730564464,"sku":"6857","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/6857.jpg?v=1793913273","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-jews-of-india","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}