Immigrants of Indian Jews communities that reside in Israel
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Indian Jews in Israel
Indian Jewish family
Total population
85,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Tel Aviv, Nevatim, Shahar, Yuval, Mesilat Zion, Jerusalem, Maalot, Acre, Migdal Haemek, Tzfat, Tiberias, Kiryat Shemona, Nesher, Afula, Nazareth Illit, Beersheba, Ramla, Dimona, Yeruham, and other major Israeli cities
Languages
Hebrew (Main language for all generations); Older generation: Judeo-Malayalam, Judeo-Marathi, Judeo-Urdu, other South Asian languages
Religion
Judaism
Indian Jews in Israel are immigrants and descendants of the immigrants of the Indian Jewish communities, who now reside within the State of Israel. Indian Jews who live in Israel include thousands of Cochin Jews and Paradesi Jews of Kerala; thousands of Baghdadi Jews from Mumbai and Kolkata; tens of thousands from the Bene Israel of Maharashtra and other parts of British India and the Bnei Menashe of Manipur and Mizoram.
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