Indian Jews

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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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Cochin Jews 3
Bene Israel 1
Kochi 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Cochin → hasCommunity → Indian Jews ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cochin Jews
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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cochin Jews
Indian Jews → hasSubgroup → Indian Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kochi Jews
Indian Jews → hasSubgroup → Indian Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paradesi Jews
Malabar Coast → religiousCommunity → Indian Jews ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cochin Jews