Book contents
- Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Reviews
- Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Maps
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translations and Conventions
- 1 Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Part i Central and North Asia: Old and New Communities in Russia’s Shadow
- Part ii South Asia: Identity and Culture in British and Independent India
- 5 Jewish Communities in the Indian Subcontinent
- 6 Jewish Servicemen in the Indian Subcontinent
- 7 Cultural Exchange and Religious Guidance along the Shores of the Arabian Sea
- Part iii Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies and Emerging Communities
- Part iv East Asia: Communities and Strife in the Sinosphere
- Part v Imaginary Asia: Lost Peoples and Invisible Communities
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Picture and Map Acknowledgments
- Index
5 - Jewish Communities in the Indian Subcontinent
Torn between Indian Nationalism and Zionism
from Part ii - South Asia: Identity and Culture in British and Independent India
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2023
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Book contents
- Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Reviews
- Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Maps
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translations and Conventions
- 1 Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Part i Central and North Asia: Old and New Communities in Russia’s Shadow
- Part ii South Asia: Identity and Culture in British and Independent India
- 5 Jewish Communities in the Indian Subcontinent
- 6 Jewish Servicemen in the Indian Subcontinent
- 7 Cultural Exchange and Religious Guidance along the Shores of the Arabian Sea
- Part iii Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies and Emerging Communities
- Part iv East Asia: Communities and Strife in the Sinosphere
- Part v Imaginary Asia: Lost Peoples and Invisible Communities
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Picture and Map Acknowledgments
- Index
Summary
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.
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- Jewish Communities in Modern AsiaTheir Rise, Demise and Resurgence, pp. 91 - 112Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023