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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • practice modern Judaism. The Bene Ephraim claim descent from the Tribe of Ephraim, and say that they traveled from Israel through western Asia: Persia...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • B'nai Israel (Hebrew: בני ישראל "Sons/Children of Israel") may refer to: Bene Israel, a historic community of Jews in India Bnei Isro'il, a historic community...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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