Indian Jews

E24090

Jewish community ethnoreligious group religious minority in India

Indian Jews are members of long-established Jewish communities in India, such as the Bene Israel, Cochin, Baghdadi, and Bnei Menashe, known for blending Jewish religious traditions with distinct Indian cultural practices.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Cochin Jews	7
Bene Israel	3
Indian Jews canonical	2
Cochin Jewish diaspora	1
Kochi Jews	1
Malabari Jews	1
Paradesi Jews	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish community ⓘ ethnoreligious group ⓘ religious minority in India ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
culturalPractice	adaptation of Indian cuisine to kosher rules ⓘ use of Indian musical styles in religious songs ⓘ use of local Indian languages in daily life ⓘ wearing Indian-style clothing ⓘ
diaspora	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Israel ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ethnicity	Jewish ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Iraqi Jews ⓘ surface form: Baghdadi Jews Bene Ephraim ⓘ Indian Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bene Israel Bnei Menashe ⓘ Indian Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cochin Jews Indian Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kochi Jews Indian Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Paradesi Jews
historicalPresence	Cochin ⓘ Kerala ⓘ Calcutta ⓘ surface form: Kolkata Maharashtra ⓘ Manipur ⓘ Mizoram ⓘ Mumbai ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Judeo-Arabic ⓘ Malayalam ⓘ Marathi language ⓘ surface form: Marathi
minorityStatus	small population compared to other Indian religious groups ⓘ
notableFor	blending Jewish traditions with Indian culture ⓘ maintaining Jewish identity in a predominantly Hindu and Muslim environment ⓘ
populationTrend	many members emigrated to Israel after 1948 ⓘ
recognizedAs	Jewish under Israeli law of return ⓘ
recognizedBy	Israel ⓘ surface form: State of Israel
religion	Judaism ⓘ
religiousBuilding	Jewish cemetery ⓘ synagogue ⓘ
religiousPractice	celebration of Jewish festivals ⓘ circumcision ⓘ keeping kosher dietary laws ⓘ observance of Shabbat ⓘ use of Hebrew liturgy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jewish diaspora → hasCommunityType → Indian Jews ⓘ

Indian Jews → hasSubgroup → Indian Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bene Israel

Indian Jews → hasSubgroup → Indian Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ