Jews and India: Perceptions and Image

by Egorova; YULIA

• ISBN13: 9780415400404
• ISBN10: 0415400406
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-16
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book explores the image of Jews in India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, looking at both the Indian attitudes towards the Jewish communities of the subcontinent and at the way Jews and Judaism in general have been represented in Indian discourse. Despite the fact that the Indian Jewish population constitutes one of the country's tiniest minorities, the relations of the local Jews with other communities form an integral part in the history of Indian multiculturalism. This has become increasingly apparent over the last two centuries as Judaism and its image have been incorporated into the discussions of some of the most prominent figures of different religious and nationalist movements, leaders of independent India, and the Indian mass media. Furthermore, recent decades witnessed mass adoption of Israelite identity by Indians from two different regions and religious groups. This is a topic that has hitherto received little attention and Jews and India seeks to rectify thissituation by examining these developments and providing a fascinating insight into these issues. This volume will be of interest to scholars of Jewish and Indian cultural studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
1 Introduction	1	(8)
2 Jewish topics in British India	9	(22)
3 Indian attitudes towards anti-Semitism	31	(30)
4 Jews, politics and society in independent India	61	(20)
5 Jews as an Indian minority	81	(24)
6 Varieties of Jewish expression in independent India	105	(24)
7 Conclusion	129	(4)
Notes	133	(4)
Bibliography	137	(10)
Index	147