Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Bene Israel (Sons of Israel) are a historic community of Jews in India believed to have been one of the Lost Tribes and descendants of ancestors who had settled there centuries ago. In the 19th century after being taught about normative (Ashkenazi/Sephardi) Judaism they tended to migrate from villages in the Konkan area to the nearby cities primarily Mumbai but also to Pune Ahmedabad and Karachi in today’s Pakistan.
