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Monday, November 24, 2025
TopicIndian Jews

Topic: Indian Jews

Why Jews fought for separate statehood for Cochin

In ‘Cochin’, MK Das chronicles the history of the small port town in Kerala. From the Dutch, Portuguese, British rule to present-day Communism.

Medieval Jewish merchants connected Mangalore to Egypt and Spain. Trade in India thrived

India is often treated like a side-act to Jewish history in Europe. But India, Egypt were central to medieval Jewish merchants

Peace between Jews and Muslims is only possible in Hindu-majority India

Khurshid Imam, a devout Muslim, has broken linguistic and cultural barriers to become the only professor of Hebrew in India, and Thoufeek Zakriya is the country’s most prominent Hebrew calligrapher.

Indian academia called me ‘Israeli mouthpiece’. Forcing me to pick a side misses the point

Fellow academics have variously called me a Zionist sympathiser who takes Israeli money, promotes the so-called ‘Jewish agenda,’ and whitewashes Israeli actions.

Indian Jews’ 3 wishes for Netanyahu: Cultural exchanges, direct flight, minority status

About 25 Indian Jews met the Israeli PM in Mumbai, and gave ideas about how to improve their own lives, and the two countries’ relations.

What does Modi-Netanyahu ‘chemistry’ mean for Indian Jews?

Meetings between the PMs may not make much difference to Israeli travellers to India, but for Indian Jews settled in Israel, they provide important optics.

On Camera

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.