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Jews in India

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
 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