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Steeped in history and flavor, Nahoum’s Bakery in Kolkata stands as a sweet reminder of the city’s rich Baghdadi Jewish legacy. For centuries, Jews in India maintained a connection to the land of Israel, the writer recalls.

The Indian Jewish journey to Israel: A story of return, not invasion

By Paushali Lass

Cochin Jews at the 450th year celebration of the Paradesi synagogue, December 2017.

Role reversal, effigy burning, and cultural syncretism: Purim in Cochin

By Yuval Barnea

Queenie Hallegua was the warden and managing trustee of the Paradesi Synagogue in Kochi, India — one of the oldest synagogues in the Commonwealth countries.

Queenie Hallegua, second-to-last Jewish resident of historic Indian Jewish community, dies at 89

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

Israeli government discussing fast-track on immigration for Bnei Menashe

Israel pressured to fast-track Bnei Menashe immigration after missile kills seven

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Members of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community prepare to celebrate the Sukkot holiday in Shavei Israel's relief center amid ethnic tensions in their local villages in India's northern state of Manipur.

Bnei Menashe Indian Jews celebrate Sukkot despite ethnic unrest

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A scooterist rides past a damaged water tanker that was set afire during a protest by tribal groups in Churachandpur in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, May 4, 2023.

India’s Bnei Menashe community in crisis as ethnic violence burns synagogues and displaces hundreds

By Jordyn Haime/JTA

A scooterist rides past a damaged water tanker that was set afire during a protest by tribal groups in Churachandpur in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, May 4, 2023.

Bnei Menashe: community members demand aliyah, killed in violent India unrest

Indian Bnei Menashe tribe receives new version of Kuki-Hebrew Siddur

Catacanthus Incarnatus, also known as the "Hitler bug."

Indian 'Hitler' stink bug attracts international attention

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF