Indian Jews - Bnei Menashe, Anish Kapoor, Cochin Jews, J. F. R. Jacob, Nadira, David Sassoon, Bene Israel, Brian George, Ruby Myers, Nissim Ezekiel, Bensiyon Songavkar, Sarmad, Abraham Barak Salem, Eli Ben-Menachem, Ranjit Chowdhry (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Bnei Menashe, Anish Kapoor, Cochin Jews, J. F. R. Jacob, Nadira, David Sassoon, Bene Israel, Brian George, Ruby Myers, Nissim Ezekiel, Bensiyon Songavkar, Sarmad, Abraham Barak Salem, Eli Ben-Menachem, Ranjit Chowdhry, Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Baronet, of Kensington Gore, Pearl Padamsee, Bene Ephraim, Ezekiel Isaac Malekar, Anjuvannam, Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, Desi Jews, David Abraham Cheulkar, Ellis Kadoorie, Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie, Ralph Sam Haeems, Jacqueline Bhabha, Elly Kadoorie, Sassoon David Sassoon, Horace Kadoorie, Solomon Sopher, Joseph Salvador, Paradesi Jews, Esther David, Satya Bhabha, Joseph Rabban, Sephardic Jews in India, Fleur Ezekiel, Knai Thomman, Elias David Sassoon, Samson Kehimkar, Sassoon J. David, Ruby Daniel, Meshuchrarim, Firoza Begum, Joseph Azar, Lalchanhima Sailo. Excerpt: The Bnei Menashe ("Children of Menasseh," Hebrew ) are a group of more than 9,000 people from India's North-Eastern border states of Manipur and Mizoram who claim descent from one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. The claim appeared after a Pentecostalist dreamt in 1951 that his people's pre-Christian religion was Judaism and that their original homeland was Israel. Linguistically, Bnei Menashe are Tibeto-Burmans and belong to the Mizo, Kuki and Chin peoples (the terms are virtually interchangeable). They are called Chin in Burma. Depending upon their affiliations, each tribe refers to itself as Kuki, Mizo, Zomi or Chin. It is however more common for people to identify themselves by their subtribe, each of which has its own distinct dialect and identity. The breakaway Judaic group was named Bnei Menashe by Eliyahu Avichail because they believe that the legendary Kuki-Mizo ancestor Manmasi was Menasseh, son of Joseph. Prior to their conversion to Christianity in the 19th Century, the...