The Bene Israel Jewish community have rededicated an abandoned synagogue in Ambepur in Raigad district. The rededication ceremony last week was attended by nearly 175 members of the Jewish ...
Also existent are the Bene Israel, believed to have arrived some 2,100 years ago; they settled in and around Mumbai and in present day Pakistan. More recent arrivals were the Baghdadi Jews ...
The synagogue is the largest synagogue used by the Marathi-speaking Bene Israel Jews, believed to have lived on the north Konkan coast for nearly a millennium. On Tuesday, Israel's tourism ...