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- Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Reviews
- Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Maps
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translations and Conventions
- 1 Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Part i Central and North Asia: Old and New Communities in Russia’s Shadow
- Part ii South Asia: Identity and Culture in British and Independent India
- 5 Jewish Communities in the Indian Subcontinent
- 6 Jewish Servicemen in the Indian Subcontinent
- 7 Cultural Exchange and Religious Guidance along the Shores of the Arabian Sea
- Part iii Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies and Emerging Communities
- Part iv East Asia: Communities and Strife in the Sinosphere
- Part v Imaginary Asia: Lost Peoples and Invisible Communities
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Picture and Map Acknowledgments
- Index
7 - Cultural Exchange and Religious Guidance along the Shores of the Arabian Sea
Yemenite Jews in India and Indian Jews in Yemen
from Part ii - South Asia: Identity and Culture in British and Independent India
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2023
- Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Reviews
- Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Maps
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translations and Conventions
- 1 Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Part i Central and North Asia: Old and New Communities in Russia’s Shadow
- Part ii South Asia: Identity and Culture in British and Independent India
- 5 Jewish Communities in the Indian Subcontinent
- 6 Jewish Servicemen in the Indian Subcontinent
- 7 Cultural Exchange and Religious Guidance along the Shores of the Arabian Sea
- Part iii Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies and Emerging Communities
- Part iv East Asia: Communities and Strife in the Sinosphere
- Part v Imaginary Asia: Lost Peoples and Invisible Communities
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Picture and Map Acknowledgments
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines the relations between thousands of Yemeni Jews and the Jews of the Indian subcontinent in modern times. Starting in the eighteenth century, Yemenite rabbis and emissaries filled in religious functions in Jewish communities first in Cochin and among other groups. In the opposite direction, members of Bene Israel community served as officials and officers in the British army during the time it occupied Aden in 1839. These mutual relations formed intimate ties among various communities across the Indian Ocean.
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- Jewish Communities in Modern AsiaTheir Rise, Demise and Resurgence, pp. 127 - 142Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023