The Bene Israel (lit. 'Sons of Israel'), also referred to as the "Shanivar Teli" (lit. 'Saturday oil-presser') or "Native Jew" caste, are a community...

that were not under Portuguese control. The Main branch of the Native Bene Israel Community is said to have arrived at the Konkan Coast in ancient times...

Bene Israel of Maharashtra and other parts of British India and the Bnei Menashe of Manipur and Mizoram. Since the formation of modern state Israel in...

country's three distinct Jewish groups—the ancient Cochin Jews, and Bene Israel communities as well as the more recent Baghdadi Jews. The Jews in India...

Israelite group. The Bene Israel claim a lineage to the kohanim, descendants of Aaron. According to Bene Israel tradition, the Bene Israel arrived in India...

Judeo-Marathi (Marathi: जुदाव मराठी) is a variety of Marathi spoken by the Bene Israel, a Jewish ethnic group in Maharashtra. There is no evidence that Judeo-Marathi...

heritage with the Indian Jews in Israel, the country's Pakistani Jews are mainly identified as having belonged to the Bene Israel, a community of the Jewish...

practice modern Judaism. The Bene Ephraim claim descent from the Tribe of Ephraim, and say that they traveled from Israel through western Asia: Persia...

Look up bene in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bene may refer to: Bene AG, a European office furniture product and services company Bene Israel ("Sons...

viz Cochin, Bene Israel (of Bombay and its environs), Calcutta, and New Delhi, communications between the Jews of Cochin and the Bene Israel community were...