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Bene Israel: Jews of Mumbai (Bombay)

Bene Israel: Jews of Mumbai (Bombay)

In and around Mumbai live nearly 5000 members of an ancient Indian Jewish community with unique customs and culture. In recent centuries their story spans the eras of the British Raj, the independence movement, Zionism and the development of modern India. Proudly Indian they describe being Jewish in a country free of antisemitism.

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