Bene Israel



ETHNONYMS: Beni Israel, Shanwar Teli


Settlements

In India, the Bene Israel tended to live in typical tenement buildings in Bombay, although the upper middle classes lived in private houses. In Israel, many Bene Israel live in apartment blocks (called shikunim ) in "development towns."

See also Cochin Jew

Bibliography

Israel, Benjamin J. (1984). The Bene Israel of India. Bombay: Orient Longman.


Kehimkar, Hayeem S. (1937). The History of the Bene Israel of India. Tel Aviv: Dayag Press.

Roland, Joan (1989). Jews in British India. Waltham, Mass.: Brandeis University Press.


Strizower, Schifra (1971). "Verbal Interaction among the Bene Israel." International Journal of the Sociology of Language 13:71-85.


Weil, Shalva J. (1988). "The Influence of Caste Ideology in Israel." In Cultural Transition, edited by M. Gottesman, 150—161. Jerusalem: Magnes Press.

SHALVA J. WEIL

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