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The history of the Jews in India dates back to antiquity. [1][2][3] Judaism was one of the first foreign religions to arrive in the Indian subcontinent in recorded history. [4] . Desi Jews are a small religious minority who have lived in the region since ancient times.
The Jews in India had very peaceful existence compared to Middle East and Europe where they were persecuted repeatedly. They built numerous synagogues throughout India and almost all of them exist to current day.
In the years surrounding World War II, Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust made their way to India, which provided them a haven from the horrors of Europe. Many of them were professionals or businessmen who, in the aftermath of the war and India's independence, left the subcontinent.
Here there is a brief discussion of the relative size and growth of the Jewish population in India, from 1881 to 1941. The Parsis, or the Zoroastrians have been studied in greater depth and detail in view of their unique demographic behavior 2. Recently the Christian. 1.1. K. Davis, The population of India and Pakistan, Princeton, Princeton.
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20 Ιουν 2014 · The Zionist movement grew in the early twentieth century and forced many Indian Jews to reconsider their loyalties: did they have a stronger attachment to India or Judaism? And how would the Jewish communities survive without the helping hand of the Empire?
11 Αυγ 2023 · This chapter gives an overview of the four different Jewish groups that have inhabited the Indian subcontinent during the modern era: the Cochin Jews in southwest India; Bene Israel; the Paradesi Jews; and the Baghdadi Jews.
26 Ιουν 2014 · Mumbai, India – Although a sizeable number at its peak, the Jewish population in India has diminished drastically, leaving behind a miniscule minority who are trying to keep their traditions alive....
