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A member of the Bnei Menashe community in northeastern India works to construct a sukkah, the temporary structure used in celebrating Sukkot. (Photo/Courtesy Shavei Israel)
Posted inWorld

Displaced by ethnic violence, India’s Bnei Menashe Jews construct sukkahs

by Jordyn Haime October 2, 2023October 2, 2023

(JTA) — The temporary shelters that Jews erect during the holiday of Sukkot are meant in part to recall a time when Jews had nowhere permanent to live. In Northeast […]

Indian army soldiers inspect the remains of a house that was set on fire by a mob in an area of a village in the Senapati district of India's Manipur state, which is home to thousands of Bnei Menashe Jews, May 8, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Arun Sankar-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Caught in the crossfire: India’s Bnei Menashe Jews reeling after 1 is killed and synagogue burned

by Jordyn Haime and JTA May 10, 2023
Herzel Simon celebrates Hanukkah at his home in Mumbai, India, Dec. 29, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Simon)
Posted inNews

Amid pandemic misery, India’s Jews try to stay safe while offering relief to those hardest hit

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA May 10, 2021May 10, 2021
A sign denotes Kochi's "Jew street," as it is known locally, which once was a hub of Indian Jewish life. (Photo/JTA-Christabel Lobo)
Posted inWorld

India’s Jew Town only has a handful of Jews left, but signs remain

by Christabel Lobo and JTA December 16, 2020December 18, 2020
Lishai Peel in the Alappuzha District in southern India. (Photo/Courtesy Peel)
Posted inOpinion

My mother downplayed her Indian Jewish heritage to fit in. As an adult, I’m learning to reclaim it.

Lishai Peel by Lishai Peel and JTA September 2, 2020September 2, 2020
a line of people in front of a shabby a white building with a green sign that says "Beit Shalom synagogue"
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Oakland man raising funds to feed impoverished Jews in India

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 30, 2020July 2, 2020
Women in India served by programs supported by American Jewish World Service. (COURTESY AJWS)
Posted inLocal Voice

The fight against child marriage in India is my fight, too

by Shoshana Gould March 31, 2020March 31, 2020
Carol Weitz (pink top, holding an issue of J.) with her AJWS delegation in India
Posted inOpinion

My trip to India was another reminder of our sacred duty to others

Carol Weitz by Carol Weitz April 9, 2018April 9, 2018

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