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Of all the Diaspora communities, the Jews of India are among the least known and most interesting. This readable study, full of vivid details of everyday life, looks in depth at the religious life of the Jewish community in Cochin, the Bene Israel from the remote Konkan coast near Bombay, and the Baghdadi Jews, who migrated to Indian port cities and flourished under the British Raj. Who Are the Jews of India? is the first integrated, comprehensive work available on all three of India's Jewish communities.

Using an interdisciplinary approach, Nathan Katz brings together methods and insights from religious studies, ritual studies, anthropology, history, linguistics, and folklore, as he discusses the strategies each community developed to maintain its Jewish identity. Based on extensive fieldwork throughout India, as well as close reading of historical documents, this study provides a striking new understanding of the Jewish Diaspora and of Hindu civilization as a whole.
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    0520213238
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    978-0520213234
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    First Edition
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    University of California Press
  5. Publication date
    November 6, 2000
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
  8. Print length
    228 pages
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"Based on extensive fieldwork in India and a close reading of historical documents, this study provides a new understanding of the Jewish diaspora as well as insights into the Hindu society it is located in."--"India Abroad

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The last decade or so has seen a surprising amount of new publications on the Indian Jews. The awareness that the communities are disappearing has prompted memoirs by its elders as well as scholarly studies. Who Are the Jews of India? is the first book to present a readable, interesting, integrated treatment of the three distinct Indian Jewish communities that have evolved--the Cochin Jews, the Bene Israel, and the Baghdadis. It also brings together material on the Baghdadi communities of Bombay, Calcutta, and Southeast Asia in a way that I have never seen before. Its presence is most welcome; its scholarship is superior. --Daniel Gold, author of Comprehending the Guru: Toward a Grammar of Religious Perception and The Lord as Guru: Hindi Saints in North Indian Tradition.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of California Press; First Edition (November 6, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 228 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0520213238
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0520213234
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
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    NATHAN KATZ is distinguished professor, emeritus, at Florida International University. The author of 15 books and more than a hundred articles, he has been a pioneer in dialogues between Jews and Hindus/ Buddhists/ Jains. He was a member of the 1990 Tibetan-Jewish dialogue hosted by H.H. the Dalai Lama and has lived and taught in South Asia for more than seven years. He is now presidnt of Indo-Judaic, inc.

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Nathan Katz's book is well written, clear reading, and well documented. An important volume for scholars and readers alike.Fascinating actually.
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Neel Aroon
5.0 out of 5 stars finally a book on the subject!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2002
I've been interested in learning about the Jewish Diaspora into India for a while now and have done a little research on the internet but the websites did not provide me with as much information as I wanted. Finally I found out about this book and it gives a really great accoount of the Jewish-Indian groups-Bene Jews of West India, Cochin Jews of Kerala and the Middle Eastern Jews in cities like Delhi and Calcutta. It gives detailed account on how the arrived in India and how lived there with their neighbors and colonial rulers. The book also deals with how Zionism and Indian independence were both exteremely importatn to Indian Jews and how they were torn between these two philosphies because of their emergence to the mainstream at the same time.
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