The Bene Israel of India
Book description
The Bene Israel are a small community of Jews that have lived for many centuries on the west coast of India, just south of Bombay, in complete isolation from their co-religionists elsewhere. The studies in this volume range over the history, religious evolution, some social and demographic aspects of the…
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This nonfiction book has groundbreaking research and details about the ancient community of the Bene Israel of Western India. It has laid the foundation for researchers from all over the world who studied (or currently study) the Jews of India, and in particular the Bene Israel, their history, customs, and culture.
It is a book rich with facts and discussions and superbly educative. It is a book I return to often, not just to read and enjoy, but to refer to for my own history and my writing, especially for my recent book, where I trace my own ancestry and…
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