Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2023) 91-112
Keywords:
Jews History
;
Nationalism
;
Zionism History
Abstract:
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. The chapter focuses on their encounter with modernization and their subsequent identity formation. It suggests that the main conflict these Jews have faced, both as a group and as individuals, was how to reconcile between Indian nationalism and Zionism.
DOI:
10.1017/9781009162609.007
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