Small Telugu Jewish community of Andhra Pradesh, India
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Ethnic group
Bnei Ephraim
Total population
350
Regions with significant populations
Andhra Pradesh, India
Languages
Telugu, Hebrew
Religion
Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Tradition Jews, Indian Jews Ethnobiology Indian
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The Bene Ephraim (Hebrew: בני אפריים) Bnei Ephraim ("Sons of Ephraim"), also called Telugu Jews because they speak Telugu, are a small community living primarily in Kotha Reddy Palem, a village outside Chebrolu, Guntur District, and in Machilipatnam, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India, near the delta of the River Krishna.[1] They claim to be descendants of the Tribe of Ephraim, of the Ten Lost Tribes, and since the 1980s have learned to practice modern Judaism.[2]
^Yacobi, Sadok. "Bene Ephraim of Andhra Pradesh, South India" Archived 2015-09-10 at the Wayback Machine, Kulanu
^Egorova, Yulia. "The Children of Ephraim: being Jewish in Andhra Pradesh". Anthropology Today. 26. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
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