The Bene Israel (lit. 'Sons of Israel'), also referred to as the "Shanivar Teli" (lit. 'Saturday oil-presser') or "Native Jew" caste, are a community...
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Bene Israel of Maharashtra and other parts of British India and the Bnei Menashe of Manipur and Mizoram. Since the formation of modern state Israel in...
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History of the Jews in India (section Bene Israel)
India that were not under Portuguese control. The Main branch of Native Bene Israel Community is said to be arrived at Konkan Coast in ancient times they...
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heritage with the Indian Jews in Israel, the country's Pakistani Jews are mainly identified as having belonged to the Bene Israel, a community of the Jewish...
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Look up bene in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bene may refer to: Bene AG, a European office furniture product and services company Bene Israel ("Sons...
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Synagogues in India (section Bene Israel synagogues)
country's three distinct Jewish groups—the ancient Cochin Jews, and Bene Israel communities as well as the more recent Baghdadi Jews. The Jews in India...
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practice modern Judaism. The Bene Ephraim claim descent from the Tribe of Ephraim, and say that they traveled from Israel through western Asia: Persia...
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viz Cochin, Bene Israel (of Bombay and its environs), Calcutta, and New Delhi, communications between the Jews of Cochin and the Bene Israel community were...
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Israelite group. The Bene Israel claim a lineage to the kohanim, descendants of Aaron. According to Bene Israel tradition, the Bene Israel arrived in India...
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History of the Jews in Pakistan (category Israel–Pakistan relations)
the beginning of the 20th century, mostly comprising Iranian Jews and Bene Israel (Indian Jews); a substantial Jewish community lived in Rawalpindi, and...
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southern European populations including Cypriots. Bene Israel and the Cochin Jews of India, and Beta Israel of Ethiopia, may also have ancient Jewish origins...
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Bnei Brak (redirect from Bene-berak)
Bnei Brak or Bene Beraq (Hebrew: בְּנֵי בְּרַק (audio)) is a city located on the central Mediterranean coastal plain in Israel, just east of Tel Aviv...
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Judeo-Marathi (category Bene Israel)
Judeo-Marathi (Marathi: जुदाव मराठी) is a variety of Marathi spoken by the Bene Israel, a Jewish ethnic group in Maharashtra. There is no evidence that Judeo-Marathi...
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towards the Bene Israel and to Russian immigrants to Israel during the 1990s Post-Soviet aliyah. In the 1970s and early 1980s, the Beta Israel were required...
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be due to a connection between the Chitpavans and the Bene Israel communities. The Bene Israel, who also settled in Konkan, claim that the Chitpavans...
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B'nai Israel (Hebrew: בני ישראל "Sons/Children of Israel") may refer to: Bene Israel, a historic community of Jews in India Bnei Isro'il, a historic community...
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well as many smaller Jewish communities, such as the Beta Israel, the Cochin Jews, the Bene Israel, and the Karaite Jews, among others. Likewise, over 25%...
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Who is a Jew? (category Law of Israel)
not be proven. In 1964 the Israeli Rabbinate declared that the Bene Israel are "full Jews in every respect". The Bene Israel claim a lineage to the Kohanim...
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was initiated in 1560. The Bene Israel arrived in the state of Maharashtra 900 years ago. Another branch of the Bene Israel community, resided in Karachi...
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authorities in Israel were accused by articles in the Indian press of racism in relation to Jews of Indian ancestry (called Bene Israel). In the case that...
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The history of ancient Israel and Judah spans from the early appearance of the Israelites in Canaan's hill country during the late second millenium BCE...
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Ten Lost Tribes (redirect from Lost tribes of Israel)
on the Lemba and Bene-Israel. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-37474-3. Genetics, History, and Identity: The Case of the Bene Israel and the Lemba, Springer...
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now reside in Israel. The community spoke Judeo-Malayalam language. Bene Israel are the Jews of Mumbai, most of whom now reside in Israel. The community...
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The demographics of Israel, monitored by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, encompass various attributes that define the nation's populace. Since...
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(Bene Israel – Sons of Israel) started emigrating to the newly created country of Israel in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The number of Bene Israel remaining...
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Bani Isra'il (redirect from Bani Israel)
of Israel" in West Bank Bani Israël, a village in Senegal Bene Israel, a community of Jews in India Banu Israil, Muslim community of India Ben-Israel B'nai...
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is the language of Bene Israel – Indian Jews from the Konkan region of the state of Maharashtra in India. They migrated to Israel beginning in 1948, when...
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the Parsi (Zoroastrian) community and has a community of Jews known as Bene Israel. Hindus form 79.83% of the state's total population as per 2011 census...
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List of Asian Jews (section Israel)
Jews of Central Asia. Some Jews migrated to India, establishing the Bene Israel, the Baghdadi Jews and the Cochin Jews of India (Jews in India); and...
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writer and educator. She was the director of the School Committee of the Bene Israel in Mumbai from 1922 to 1950. She was born in Shimoga in the state of...
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