How Jews Ended Up in India and China | The Jewish Story | Unpacked

Beyond the driving forces of antisemitism and persecution, trading goods has also had a powerful impact on the migration of Jews throughout history. In countries like China and India, the vast network of Jewish traders shaped the path for the wide spread of diverse Jewish communities.
In the 12th century, Jews settled across China in places like Kaifeng, a city on the Silk Road. Trading between China and the West meant Jewish traders could keep up with the global Jewish community while maintaining a place in Chinese society. Though the community thrived for centuries, over time the Kaifeng Jews have largely assimilated and roughly 1,000 members are left in the community today.
In India, the two largest Jewish communities were Cochin Jews and Bene Israel. Cochin Jews arrived as far back as the 1st century through the Roman-Indian trade system, while Bene Israel was started by a group of Jewish traders who settled after being shipwrecked on the coast of Maharashtra, India. As time went on, these communities grew, joined by Jewish traders from Portugal as well as those fleeing persecution from Ottoman Iraq.
Following Israel and India’s independence from British control, most of India’s 25,000 Jews immigrated to Israel, joined by many Jews across Asia. Despite this, both India and China have seen new Jewish arrivals in the 20th and 21st centuries leading to the continued diversity of widespread Jewish communities in the Diaspora.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:33 Persian Jewish traders come to Kaifeng
01:08 Kaifeng Jews
01:51 Decline of the Kaifeng Jewish community
03:06 Impediments by the Chinese Communist government
03:41 Cochin Jews and Bene Israel in India
05:08 Indian Jewish Aliyah to Israel
05:42 Diversity of Jewish communities in the Diaspora
06:05 Outro
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#kaifengjews #beneisarel #silkroad

[@RJ-ql6ff]

I am was born in Bombay, my parents were originally Baghdadi jews with Spanish/Portuguese (Sefardi) roots. We still keep many traditions dating back hundreds of years, particularly regarding kosher food. Over the centuries many had the audacity to try and convert us but basically we told them to get lost and held fast to our faith, some less religious than others but still identified themselves as Sefardi Jews.

[@shivamrai2886]

I’m Indian American and all my life I’ve mostly interacted with Ashkenazim. Going to India one thing I definitely need to do is visit the Synagogues and try Indian Kosher food

[@fuqaimi]

Well they're also from egypt who fled & made it to india & some succumed to conversion either forced or through inter-marriage with hindus or muslims & hence they became indianized through unforseen process & evolution.

[@apdapd7568]

Serfadi jews or Sefadi Isrealis?

[@apdapd7568]

Serfadi jews or Sefadi Isrealis? Do u have any inclination d part of Isrea d tribe of Dan were in ancient Isreal?

[@fuqaimi]

@@apdapd7568 the former & some traces back to the yahudza line or davidic line i heard stories whereby they fled from egypt fearing for their safety

[@augustmosco]

When I was in Mumbai 20 years ago, I went to their Historical Cultural Museum, and they had an entire section of Hebrew artifacts honoring the Jewish Community. I was surprised because I had never been exposed to Judaism outside of Europe or the Near East.

[@ojaschahal1599]

India has never discriminated against Jews inspite of whole world turning against them even Chinese !! Jews have thrived in India and held many distinguished posts too... Officer J. F. R. Jacob comes to my mind !! A great video !!

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

I was always confused why Israel had such good relations with India and Azerbaijan but you are unique in not being antisemitic. Even nowerdays in 2009 Norway had anti Jew riots burning down synagogues and of the 2,000 Jews by 2014 1,500 left Norway. Most civilised Nordic Western European country.

[@franceleeparis37]

Ojas Chahal…. If you really think about it, Hinduism is based on Judaism.. when Moses cast out the people for worshiping the ‘Golden Calf’, they migrated eastwards to Persia where they became Zoroastrian and to India where they became Hindus.. Hinduism is a mixture of Egyptian worship practiced by the people of Exodus (golden calf, reincarnation, animal headed Gods, the sacred Ganges/Nile) and Judaism (the caste system, the snake and fire of Moses, the Colour blue of the priestly class, the number 7, milk, mark on the forehead/Phylactery, the Star of David/Vishnu Yantra, the tree of life/chakra).. there are too many similarities and it’s not down to coincidence..🤔

[@nishantsingh7235]

@@franceleeparis37 sorry no disrespect but Hinduism is older than judaism.

[@opansofian]

@@nishantsingh7235 sorry no disrespect but Zoroater old Than Hinduism, and Majoosi Old Than Zoroaster Before Hinduism , Zoroater and Majoosi The oldest religion is (HANIF) and HANIF's religion now is ISLAM. find out for yourself what it is (Hanif)

[@nishantsingh7235]

@@opansofian Google it lol you are misinformed 😝😝😝

[@vivekaugustine9583]

I am a Syrian Orthodox Christian from the ' Malabar coast '. We are a distinct ethnoreligious community that practice Syriac Christianity and we happen to be one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, yes, we were Christianised before the message of Christ even reached Europe. Part of the reason is because as this video mentions about the cochin Jews, these Jews were visited by a man named St. Thomas, an Aramaic speaking Jew and an apostle of Christ, he knew about the existence of a Jewish community there and set sail for the Malabar coast where he met with the Jews here and eventually converted about half of them. Hence, much of the Christians today in Malabar have some sort of roots to the Judaic identity, although now we are entirely Christianized and employ Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic as our liturgical language. So yes, Judaism and Christianity go way back in India and it is not just cows, slums and random Hindu monks walking about on the roads as it is portrayed by western media, it is far more diverse than you can imagine. Ive never experienced that sort of India that BBC portrays.

[@MK-gm2mq]

Muslim from. The North this side.. Your comment was so informative lukas

[@aeroaero5472]

The Pope said St. Thomas never visited India. So no christianity doesn't go way back. As for jews yes they do go back.

[@vivekaugustine9583]

@@MK-gm2mq cheers mate

[@vivekaugustine9583]

@ABHISHEK RAJU Haha, Rajiv Malhotra the clown of India. But thanks mate for giving him that befitting reply. These people have a hard time digesting the ancient roots of Christianity in india and deny my history, take it elsewhere. At one time they will call us colonial converts and their slaves but when we present to them the ancient roots of Syrian Christianity in India, they deny it, funny people. However, I encourage you to read about St. Thomas' journey and about his remnants even in the Island of Socotra off the coast of Yemen The Socotra people now are entirely Arab Sunni but at one point in history they were Syriac Christians as well Is it coincidence that they adopted the Christian faith? That was an unknown island at the time and St. Thomas was said to have landed there through a shipwreck Why would we even reach socotra? Possibly on his journey toward Malabar, there is no other plausible explanation.

[@vivekaugustine9583]

@ABHISHEK RAJU and yes mate, the pope is not too significant to us. We respect him for leading Christendom but we do not follow him since I am Syrian Orthodox not Catholic. We follow the Patriarch of Antioch Ignatius Ephrem, he is based in Damascus.

[@shubhanshujain752]

Shalom, thank you for making this well-researched video. Unlike other parts of the world, Jewish minorities were never persecuted in India. I like to think that’s beautiful. We all can coexist peacefully. 🕉🕎 🇮🇳 🇮🇱

[@asianfather739]

Except ☪️✝️

[@adamirfan6986]

@@asianfather739 no want like your comment....

[@sundarkanya1602]

@@adamirfan6986 but it is truth .... islam and cristinity didn't know co existence.... .. .... in india we have parsis and jews also ever u listen them crying like islam and cristinity even islam is not minority in india ...

[@SmallusDicckus]

@@adamirfan6986 sacchi bol jali na teri? jali na? Only today you can see what your people are doing in bangladesh with hindus. No need to mention what happens with hindus and minorities in kerela, kashmir,west bengal, afghanistan, pakistan. And when hindus make kashmir files you say its false, who will believe you. You dont have any credibility left, overused your victim card.

[@crusaders571]

They where pericuted by mugals

[@alenpaul2523]

Hello from Syrian Christian from Cochin , Kerala , India. I'm part of Syro-Malabar catholic church .

[@emirhangungor8815]

Hi, from Turkey. I enjoy to watch your videos, thank you for sharing this great culture with us.

[@VedicaArya]

You must talk about David Sassoon. David Sassoon was one of the biggest businessmen and a philanthropist in bombay, who helped shape the city in its formative years. We have a dockyard, a library, a fountain and much more thanks to his generosity.

[@AffectedArea]

@@mrr4717 And they were the power behind the "British" Empire.

[@donnaleist698]

​@@AffectedAreaAlso in the Opium trade to China and the cause of British Opium Wars with China. Eventually leading to the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty ushering Maoist Communism....

[@claytonandrew9167]

India has history for being hospitable to other people and their religion

[@uribenyehudah]

That's amazing! I'm Jewish and I'd never had heard of those Jewish communities!!!

[@pistisbalu2021]

Have you heard of the Baluba and Lemba Jews in Africa?

[@karlshaner2453]

@@pistisbalu2021 3% DNA does not a Jew make. The Lemba along with all the others from Ethiopia pretend a heritage that is not theirs. It is okay to say I am a Jew by religion. It isn't okay to claim you are a lost tribe of Israel, or that you have the Ark of the Covenant, or that Sheba and Solomon had a baby.

[@robertomassa731]

@@karlshaner2453 It's all true... The 10 tribes went to Africa... And the Kingdom of Axum was a New Israel. They accepted the Torah and later they accepted the Christ and became a Christian Kingdom. The only Jewish Kingdom who became Christian. Shalom.

[@karlshaner2453]

@@robertomassa731 Following after the devil will not end well for you. Stop believing in lies.

[@robertomassa731]

@@karlshaner2453 The King of Israel from the tribe of Judah, Solomon (Shlomo), had a relation with the Queen of Sheba, Makeda. Their child, Menelik, became the first Emperor of Ethiopia. When he was young he went to visit his father, and while leaving he carried the Ark with him in Ethiopia, because the Israelites and the King himself were not more following the rules of the Torah the right way and were following foreign Gods. So the bloodline of the Kings of Judah is in Ethiopia since then. So the only people in the world that can call themselves Jews are there in the Horn of Africa. The peoples of the Horn of Africa are defined by scientist Afro-Semitic. With the Queen Makeda and her son Menelik they started to worship the God of Israel and to follow the rules of the Torah. The Kingdom of Axum was a new Israel. While the Biblical Israelites rejected Jesus (Yehoshua) as Messiah, Ethiopia was the first Kingdom (already Jewish) to become ufficially Christian. Because they knew that Jesus was in the line of King David and King Solomon, just like the first Ethiopian Emperor! So as new Israel was Ethiopia, the new Jews never rejected Jesus! PEACE. 🕊

[@smitakukadia]

We had a good number of Jews in Ahmedabad, Gujarat too....there's a synagogue too. And we still have 50 ish Jews staying in Ahmedabad. One of the well known person is Reuben David, a zoologist and one of the founder of Kankaria Zoo.

[@SlimJongUn]

India has always helped the persecuted by providing refuge. Some of them are Jews- during Spanish inquisition and from Poland during Nazi persecution. Zoroastrians/Parsis- during Islamic invasion of Persia/Iran. Tibetans- during occupation by CCP/China. Bangladeshis- during genocide by West Pakistan of then East Pakistan

[@Faizal723]

Only my kerala

[@randomindianboy-wb9eq]

And every persecution is because of one religion

[@robertomassa731]

Let follow Zarathustra if we want peace...

[@hendrakurniawan3658]

@@randomindianboy-wb9eq what is it?

[@hendrakurniawan3658]

yeah because india had 300 k gods. u know, 1 more god its okay welcome to the club.

[@user-wk5ub3zf2j]

My family is Jewish from Kerala (:

[@chrismathewjoseph1283]

Hello, Mallu here🤣 I'm really curious because legend says that many Jews in those days converted to Christianity after St. Thomas came here.... We had a DNA study here within the community and it shows about 10 - 15% of West Asian ancestry... I kinda felt like it was interesting to note....

[@Efrommy]

Incredible video! More like this for sure!

[@CDGMR1]

Great video!! Toda.

[@BodybuilderKingViky]

One of the earliest and most prominent Jew to settle in India was St. Thomas (Judas Thomas), the patron saint of Indian Christians and one of the 12 apostles of Christ.

[@chenmassil9154]

I'm Jewish from Israel. My dad made 'aliya' and came to Israel from Mumbai Maharashtra and our family are part of 'bnei Israel'. Nice to hear that story been told Few years ago we were at my grandfather village at Maharashtra India, we met his naighbors from childhood, we met people from the Jewish community there We enjoyed it very much The Indians r very welcoming and warm people And India is a beautiful land

[@pranavgandhar4604]

Marathi yet ka???? Namskar / Shalom mitra!!!

[@libshastra]

@@pranavgandhar4604 probably. They still speak Marathi in the community.

[@celinesleiman6001]

It is Palestine your is'israeheII is in europe.

[@Huang_Teh.]

​@@celinesleiman6001pelestine don't exist

[@devdamani3528]

I am sorry but what's up with Abrahammic religions detesting the polytheistic aspect of Hinduism. First of all, that's naive and insensitive. And secondly, that very quality of acceptance gave them refuge. No Jew has ever been persecuted in India.

[@Jeez208]

True

[@asmitnandi3432]

Yeah he said what's one more God in a whole pantheon. They look down upon us.

[@benz4399]

Jews were safest in India, my grandparents also came from India 🙏

[@MrBoliao98]

The few great things the Indians did, they really never persecuted Jews.

[@nad1ax2]

You're an Ignoramus. There have been lots of major contributions by Indians to the world

[@jamesr8584]

Mostly the Europeans did that kind of thing.

[@MrBoliao98]

@@jamesr8584 the Arabs and berbers did damage, along with the Persians.

[@PathOfAvraham]

@@jamesr8584 Kingdoms in East Africa and Arabia were no better.

[@suyashverma2338]

We Indians ourselves were fcced up by the western Islamists and Europeans....!!!

[@diegogonsalvo6297]

India has always been kind and tolerant to its Jewish citizens.

[@jmgonzales7701]

i wish we had jews here.

[@GuillermoFretuchino637]

Еhis is why the indian government is so corrupt and connected to the jewish public community

[@jmgonzales7701]

@@GuillermoFretuchino637 everyone connected to the jews is corrupt. Palestine is the rightful owner of Israel.

[@Karanveer782w]

@@jmgonzales7701 NO

[@Msn66666]

Yes until the RSS and BJP started persecuting the minorities the PM Modi is known as the Butcher of Gujarat over 2000 women children and senior citizens were lynched to death by cow vigilantes so how do you say india is very kind?

[@othmansonkeir46]

بارك الله فيكم وجزاكم الله خير.

[@eden6056]

I remember reading about Jewish artefacts from the Song Dynasty being discovered in China. One part of it talks about the loyalty of China's Jews towards the Emperor and indeed they were. After the fall of the capital , many Chinese Jews fled south along with the crown prince to re-establish a Chinese state

[@thenewongoam2486]

Great Video and can you make a Video about History of Jewish Community in Southeast Asia and Thailand.

[@ganeshmourya2709]

Can you make video on the treatment of Jewish people in Indian subcontinent...... I would love to learn more on the subject

[@ruckmanisrinivasan717]

They are ruling silently.

[@nad1ax2]

@@ruckmanisrinivasan717 tf?

[@MK-gm2mq]

@@ruckmanisrinivasan717 nah bro not true let's pause and reflect on all these notions objectively

[@ganeshmourya2709]

@@ruckmanisrinivasan717 please elaborate

[@srtssj4]

I have Jewish roots, India is the only country where Jews have not faced persecution

[@issabustamante6749]

We are all the same people even though we're all far away 💗💓💞✡️🔯🕎

[@godwingeorge9344]

Yoyo🤩🤩

[@MartinMartinm]

🐀

[@jamesr8584]

@@MartinMartinm 🐄

[@MartinMartinm]

@@jamesr8584 💰

[@jamesr8584]

@@MartinMartinm Asian population ⬆ Black population ⬆ Hispanic population ⬆ White population ⬇ Me 🤣

[@alimerhi5531]

Nice video, lots of history

[@erhaveas]

It should be noted that the evidence for the arrival of Jews to India (Kerala) is the Hebrew inscriptions on the copper plates of grants given to Kerala Syriac christian Nasrani community by the ancient Kings of Kerala, South India. The Cochin synagogue also have similar copper plates of grants from the Kerala Kings. Both sets of copper plates are common in its grants. The copper plates in possession with the Cochin Synagogue is entirely in old malayalam (native language). While, the copper plates in possession with the Syrian Nasrani Christians of Kerala has Hebrew inscriptions. The Syrian Christians of Kerala, India and the Cochin Jews of Kerala, India share a common heritage. A replica of the copper plates grants given to the Kerala Syrian christian Nasrani community by ancient Kerala Kings is now kept in the Israel museum in Jerusalem, Israel.

[@sankarie3687]

That inscription is from 379 CE early 4th century but a Malayalee historian dated it as 1000 AD

[@godwingeorge9344]

Hi... from Cochin Kerala....

[@alenpaul2523]

Hello malayali

[@aeroaero5472]

So many rice bags 🤑🤮

[@shyamalkrishna2667]

@@aeroaero5472 And only one gas bag Aero Aero. Fart away happily.

[@aeroaero5472]

@@shyamalkrishna2667 xesus will save you. Here you go💲💲💲💲

[@aeroaero5472]

@@shyamalkrishna2667 imagine a Christian with Krishna in his name.😂😂

[@tforaodg]

I am from Kaifeng. My wife is a British Jew.

[@vsDrunkenYoda]

👊😎Great Video👍

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

I still research authentic Jewish architecture, in India they used indian style, in China they used china style, in Morocco they used Umayyad-Moorish style, in Syria they used syrian/levant arab style, in Iran they used Iranian style, in Yemen they used Yemeni style, in Egypt they used Fatimid-Mamluke-Abbassid style. Jewish histroy is gone in 2000 years, no in medieval ages civilzation, even in culture and game industries we never see "israel or jewish civilzation" jewish monument/wonder, but assyrian, babylonian, and arab are most popular.

[@rohitkumartiwari1215]

As long as India is Hindu majority country nothing wrong will happen to the Jews and Zoroastrians of India.

[@adamirfan6986]

racist againts muslim in india....

[@chrismathewjoseph1283]

Mahn, but this comment feels kind of bashing our Muslim brothers.... I'm a Christian but I really don't care much about what religion anyone follows... Its our choice....

[@user-vi3pi9rf7w]

@@chrismathewjoseph1283 you guys know that you are following a different faith and that's completely fine. But Muslims still think non Muslims are evil for not following Allah, to them I say most Hindus would say Allah God bhagwaan all are one but that'll boil blood of orthodox Muslim. Problem is when you don't realize that you reside in India and should not reciprocate with other Muslim nations. We should not care about terrorists like Pakistan and refugees from Bangladesh, they should be expelled. Even now the hijab thing -_- Muslim community out here trying to islamize india.

[@abhishek2275]

@@chrismathewjoseph1283 The original commentor is just a hindu nationalist. Imagine feeling threatened from a community which makes less 18% of the population. Ignoring bigots like these online can be a solution but not in real life. Tbh I feel they are so radicalised that they can't even separate propaganda from actual facts and details.

[@franceleeparis37]

The reason why Hindus accept Jews and Zoroastrians and reject Christianity and Islam is because Hinduism and Zoroastrianism are a distant branch of Judaism..if you think about it..the people cast out by Moses for worshiping the golden calf drifted eastwards to Persia where they became Zoroastrian and the Indus Valley where they became H-Indus…Hinduism is a mixture of ancient Egyptian worship (golden calf, reincarnation, animal headed Gods, the sacred Ganges/Nile) and Judaism (the caste system, the snake and fire of Moses, the Colour blue of the priestly class, the number 7, milk, mark on the forehead/Phylactery, the Star of David/Vishnu Yantra, the tree of life/chakra).. there are too many similarities and it’s not down to coincidence..🤔…even in the Quran, when Moses rejected the people he referred to them as ‘no contact’ (Sura Ta Ha.97)these became the ‘untouchables’ in India..

[@spidermanforever3410]

i am hindu and i love jews , they had faced a lot to be honest .

[@tropicofpratek]

You have no Idea how Jews at the top are playing games against Hindutva 😂

[@aryanraina700]

@@tropicofpratek they should play games against Allah and aisha☠️🤡🧕

[@yosefsimnegar7340]

I have always wondering how they got there!

[@duduboy]

The name of the Indian Jewish community is Bnei menashe, not bnei Israel

[@hidof9598]

There's many communities in India

[@samarn5435]

I'm from Dagestan ... make a video about Caucasus mountains

[@johnbooth1110]

Solomon's ships traded with Kerala India.

[@Amitdas-gk2it]

As a Hindu Indian we love our Jewish and Zoroastrians brothers and they are always welcome here ❤️😊

[@Xufar790]

ABBE Dalit

[@hanutiwari5272]

Love from Mumbai guys ,i love you videos and Israel keep up the good work

[@Rotisiv]

I’m Moroccan and we still have many vibrant Jewish communities in historic cities such as Fez and Marrakesh!

[@franceleeparis37]

Morocco is famous for the colour Blue.. blue and white is the colour of the Jewish priestly class and of the Hindu Brahmins… Hinduism is based on Judaism started by the people who were cast out by Moses for worshiping the golden calf..😏

[@babitapandhare1889]

@@franceleeparis37 cut your crap , Judaism was never even born when hinduaism started . We with our own hands created your pitiful religion

[@WordsofHarmony]

@@franceleeparis37…im sorry how old are the Vedic text in comparison to the Torah?

[@leongliyang6946]

my grandparents told me history of Chinese and Jew is good the problem is government itself because when come to trade is always good to had amazing new friends to give new idea having Jew is so good for South China trade, while having Arab is good for the West China, is a best of both world. until now my family as a disapora Chinese born in South East Asia we will never forget the most wonderful thing Jews had blessed for our family. the Jews saw our hardship living in the land of China , go through the same pain in history together. South China is once a North Vietnam , seems politic had swallowed up by the Northern power. we and the Jews flee to find new spot in South East Asia Singapore now we lived in peace. some unlucky one had been left lost contact migrated in islamic country. is sad love this video to recall grandparents memories born in South East Asia raised up environment with Indian & Chinese we are not very far away we all enjoyed chat about the great-grandparents had Jew as best friend , a great allies. although we are not Jewish , yet very glad to had Holy Bible , Jesus Christ lead us to right way. Amen

[@moonchild7909]

One top of so many god is harsh but a true statement. We are proud to be so confident in our faith that we don’t feel the need to persecute other faiths in order to survive. 🇮🇳 🙌🏻 live and let live 🕊

[@tropicofpratek]

Lol we Hindus are so proud of the wrong things. Typical blindspots / monsters of Polytheism 😅

[@remidsouza5212]

Is there any mechanism to check DNA to find roots? From Gujarat coastal border till Kochi coastal border. I feel lots of orginal residence who lived more than 1 years like place call Agasem, sopor, kalian, alibag etc might be migrated people from BC. If anyone have curious to find DNA then could be former Jews from Persian, Jerusalem, Egypt and many places. Try it

[@Zelielz1]

Yes, through My Heritage

[@joemelekh6140]

The Jews encountered South India in the 10th century BC following the commercial connections established by King Solomon. As per historians the first Jewish settlement of South India goes back to the times of King Solomon. After Solomon Jewish people went through the exiles in Assyria in 734-732 BC and Babylonia in 6th and 5th century BC. The Jews in diaspora started to take part in business dealings with South India. The Jews of Babylon started speaking Aramaic for the sake of international trade and daily life. That time Babylon was an icon of international trade which had sea route trades with South India which extended to southern China. The Jews exiled by Assyrians were dissipated among many individuals and nations. Some of them came to settle in different parts of India.

[@TheKing-bz9vu]

I'm from kashmer but Idk why we're considered lost tribe of Israel that were exiled in 722bc. We are considered Sephardic jews or ashkenazi jews. I'm kinda desperate to know about it.

[@uzbek.qizi.mohitobon.margi4923]

So you are a sart. Among the Uzbeks there is also Bani Israil. But now they consider themselves Uzbeks.

[@izac90210]

I'm from Cochin and the Jewish synagogue is just 5 mins away. I'm orthodox Christian too or Syrian Christian as some would say

[@jstantongood5474]

In mandarin, Feng is pronounced like English FUNG. 2 clicks on Google or one Chinese person away.

[@TakiMitsuha2016]

❤from bnei menashe Kuki tribe India, Manipur You forgot to mention that Bnei menashe live in northeast India Manipur and Mizoram

[@42069TV]

Because the "Bnei Menashit" are NOT Jews!

[@tuktuk3142]

Nice

[@AlexAlex-vj5od]

Indians are very friendly and peacefull people opposide to the White Christians. God bless India!!!! Your religion is the best!!!!

[@megz122]

They're racist.

[@silentnight9655]

Except in Africa.

[@AlexAlex-vj5od]

@@nightcall5938 Russia and Israel are allies. Vladimir Putin is very Israel friendly. Oppiside to the NATO, EU, UN and Biden.

[@jaishi...1426]

Jews are welcome in India ..🙏

[@franceleeparis37]

Perhaps, but Indians aren’t welcome anywhere else… fact of life..😏

[@tagbarzeev8283]

TKS

[@RensSpace]

“And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” Isaiah 11:12

[@franceleeparis37]

Yep, if you think about it, Hinduism is a distant branch of Judaism..the people cast out by Moses for worshiping the golden calf drifted eastwards to Persia where they became Zoroastrian and to the Indus Valley where they became H-Indus…Hinduism is a mixture of ancient Egyptian worship (golden calf, reincarnation, animal headed Gods, the sacred Ganges/Nile) and Judaism (the caste system, the snake and fire of Moses, the Colour blue of the priestly class, the number 7, milk, mark on the forehead/Phylactery, the Star of David/Vishnu Yantra, the tree of life/chakra).. there are too many similarities and it’s not down to coincidence..🤔…even in the Quran, when Moses rejected the people he referred to them as ‘no contact’ (Sura Ta Ha.97)these became the ‘untouchables’ in India..😏

[@kumarg3598]

Please don't belittle hindiusm. As mentioned, we did not belittle Judaism for the jews in cochin. Hinduism is as polythemetic as Judaism. The Bible mentions other gods, angels, a holy council for eloheim, brothers of yahweh, etc. Plus, what is a messiah but another God. A demi-god is still a God. What's another God to these people? A lot.

[@franceleeparis37]

Kumar G… have you been reading the ‘Dummies Guide to The Bible..’ you are talking nonsense..😏

[@moonchild7909]

I agree w the line “plethora of gods” they shunned the hospitality of the only country where they’re still celebrated to this day

[@user-hf8zv7qw4l]

Those were angels. Judaism is monotheistic.

[@kanhaibhatt913]

India, the only place where foreign religions were not persecuted. But every culture should take care that foreign ideologies that antagonize the host ideology do not linger.

[@rameshbaboolal8101]

countless Christians have been persecuted by hindus and as a Christian who married into Hindu family, the persecution by hindu family almost drove me to suicide. absolutely horrific and traumatic experience

[@raisammajose6951]

As a Muslim I understand how Jewish people had a tough time of immigrating to different countries but they have normal and happy life.

[@JayDee-bt4ft]

There was no passport and visas needed in the olden days, people settled wherever they wanted. I wish we could still do that

[@dr_monday]

Do you have any information about the Bnei Menashe in north-eastern part of India?

[@42069TV]

LMAO. Nice joke, Zionist.

[@surajitmondal823]

They are converted jews

[@42069TV]

@@surajitmondal823 Couldn't agree more.

[@Geva555]

I'm bene Israel. shavua tov brothers and sisters! love you all

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Interesting and worthwhile video.

[@libshastra]

Shalom, I was a Shabbos goy for the Bene Israels in Mumbai. There's a local legend the Bene Israels believe in. Close to Mumbai, in a district called Raigad, there's a bunch of rock features on the Western Ghats ranges. Rock features look like huge etches made on the truck face. The Bene Israels believe that Moses rode to heaven from that location on Chariot whose wheels were on fire. Also in Marathi, they are known as Shaniwarteli or "Folks who oil their hair on Saturdays"

[@franceleeparis37]

Shiv Mel ..if you think about it, Hinduism is a distant branch of Judaism..the people cast out by Moses for worshiping the golden calf drifted eastwards to Persia where they became Zoroastrian and the Indus Valley where they became H-Indus…Hinduism is a mixture of ancient Egyptian worship (golden calf, reincarnation, animal headed Gods, the sacred Ganges/Nile) and Judaism (the caste system, the snake and fire of Moses, the Colour blue of the priestly class, the number 7, milk, mark on the forehead/Phylactery, the Star of David/Vishnu Yantra, the tree of life/chakra).. there are too many similarities and it’s not down to coincidence..🤔…even in the Quran, when Moses rejected the people he referred to them as ‘no touch’.. these became the ‘untouchables’ in India..

[@infinite5795]

@@franceleeparis37 but Hinduism is atleast 4000years older than Judaism.

[@libshastra]

​@@franceleeparis37 I strongly disagree. The ontology of Hinduism is nothing like Judaisim and in completely opposite to Abhramic faiths.

[@libshastra]

@@infinite5795 more like 1500 years. Some Hindu traditions do go back even further - Yoga is considered to be Harappan origin.

[@VedicaArya]

I thought that’s because they were in the oil extraction business and took a leave on Saturday

[@Faizal723]

Only kerala jews are real⚔️❤

[@calich33sehead]

You meant to say Bnei Menashe.

[@42069TV]

He meant to say bullshit.

[@Ix_kingpenny]

Hi

[@fzlc7425]

Yes But Kerala jews along With east Orthodox syrian Christian Were perecuted By Portuguese Resettled To pak mumbai Kolkata and surat

[@yea.whtvr1]

Fun Fact: All modern day Ashkenazi jews are descendants of (Japheth) and Ashkenaz who converted to judaism. God Bless everyone.

[@D0GGy333]

How the Sassoon fucked up during the Opium war ?

[@ghanvedsingh8946]

Jews came with Alexander up to Afghanistan and then dispersed to all other countries this indicates the biography of Alexander rest are stories

[@WalkOverHotCoal]

Most interesting story. The Chinese regard Jewish people with admiration and disgust. Admiration for the Jewish people's success in many aspects of societies. Disgust for the opium trades the Sassoon Empire traded Chinese's lives for dirty money. But that is one thing I am always fascinated by the Jewish people. They are capable of extraordinary good things, but they do stray off their Jewish teaching and found money irresistible. This video while informative, is far from being unbiased. It left out the bad bits. I much prefer a warts and all approach because it lends credibility.

[@AdoptedCats]

It's complicated, but Sassoon family were Sephardic roots not necessarily from Mizrachi branches but migrants of Iberian Peninsula which traced their origin, family claiming to trace its descent from the Ibn Shoshans of Spain. The earliest member to attain distinction was David Sassoon of Bombay.

[@tpxchallenger]

A bit like what's happening with Fentanyl, but in reverse. Should we judge the Chinese people as a whole because the world's supply of illegal Fentanyl comes from China? The Century Of Humiliation wouldn't have happened if Qing Dynasty China hadn't been so utterly moribund, corrupt, and weak. It was Chinese merchants and gangsters who sold that opium inside China.

[@WalkOverHotCoal]

@@tpxchallenger You made a serious mistake that Fentanyl comes mostly from China. It is Mexico. But I don't go blaming Mexicans for it as you probably would. You are playing a game of "victim blaming" very well. In case you aren't aware of such a disease. You can blame a rape victim for being a female, or in some rare cases, even male. Just want to stress the fact that I didn't say the Jewish people are opium manufacturers and dealers, I am associating it with the Sassoon family. In fact, not all of the Sassoon clan was into it either. This video painted a bright picture of Jewish presence in the world, but conveniently left out the nasty bits. Your victim blaming game went as far as saying that corruption and weakness during the Qing reign contributed to China being a haven for opium trade, which in turn poisoned and weaken the people and the entire nation as a whole. It is a vicious cycle, no doubt. So the list you provided, corruption and weakness, is a recipe for foreign power sch as the British and the Sassoon family to exploit? If that is the right justification, can you blame China for rising above the foreign powers which had taken advantage of its weakness? But according to some, a strong China is now bad as it is no longer easy to walk over like it once was. Pan your view over to America, Mexicans cop the fall outs from the drug trades. Tens of thousands of them were killed simply because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. And where are those high power guns come from? America of course. American drug lords traded drugs for guns so that they can kill each other and innocent Mexicans. Now ask yourself this simple question..."If American ceases the demands for drugs, would guns be smuggled into Mexico?" By the way, it doesn't stop at Mexico, nearly the entire South America is affected by American and the West's insatiable desire for drugs. Ask yourself another question..."If America ceases gun trades, would it help to slow down the drug trades?" It is a supply and demand situation. However, if the suppliers aren't there, it will be harder for the drug trade to flourish. Equally, if the demands aren't there, it wouldn't flourish either. But who are doing their level best to make Fentanyl available to the American? Drug companies and even doctors. It is a complicated issue. But as soon as you sheet all the blames onto the victims, then you leave yourself exposed.

[@chrismathewjoseph1283]

Lol, the opium was stolen from India during British rule... My direct ancestors were massive planters of opium because of the large demand to China during the 1700s.... They forced us to plant opium for the Chinese market... The Opium wars were actually fought by the Indian soldiers or sepoys... They were hired by the British as soldiers to conquer other lands around asia and India at its centre.... Actually sadly we Indians fought for the British predominantly on the Opium wars... Without India = no opium wars and no Hong Kong...

[@WalkOverHotCoal]

@@chrismathewjoseph1283 Most interesting story. I know opium was grown and processed in India, I didn't know that Indian people were just as much of a victim in the hands of the British. That didn't surprise me though as the British Empire is evil to the core. Now the British government is lecturing the world about human rights, it didn't have any issue with abusing the human rights of the Indian people and the Chinese people. I do know that Indian soldiers served under the British flag, and in many way, Indian soldiers were guilty of being the accessory to the British Empire to oppress the Asian people. Regarding Hong Kong, I am still having difficulties why so many idiots still carry on about independence of Hong Kong. It is just as ridiculous as demanding independence for Goa. Hong Kong is part of China, and Goa is part of India.

[@cyb-m]

I am from Cochin. And I know that cochin jews have been around more than 2000 yrs, since the BCEs. India has been trading with Sumerians, Mesopotamians, Abyssinians, Nubians, Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, Jews, Arabs, Persians. Even my mom had jewish classmates in high school, who then made aliya.

[@eduardodias983]

This has to do with Bible prophecy She said that the Hebrews were going to be scattered throughout the world, and it mixes against the other peoples

[@uzbek.qizi.mohitobon.margi4923]

For some reason, there are a lot of Israil baths among Uzbeks. Why doesn't anyone know about this? Jews do not want to admit that there are many baths of Israel among Uzbeks, because of pride they do not recognize this

[@misterhill5598]

Are Indian and Chinese community being officially recognised in Israel as minority group? Are their culture being respected? Or are they being pressured to assimilate?

[@RJ-ql6ff]

They are not a separate minority just like Christians from Australia living in England are not a separate minority religion. Jews are forbidden to encourage conversion and respect everyone and everything which is why a multicultural society thrives in Israel, the only democracy in the middle east.

[@misterhill5598]

@@RJ-ql6ff that didn't answer my question but thanks for trying.

[@aeroaero5472]

@@misterhill5598 No they aren't treated as minorities. But there is no threat to them in India. From hindus atleast. We hindus love jews. One of our great generals was a jew as well

[@suyashverma2338]

@@misterhill5598 if you say for India one of our Military General was a Jew....so 👍

[@khosrowanushirwan7591]

@@aeroaero5472 which one?

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

Latin America also has Jews.

[@jacystore1337]

No videos on the Hebrew Israelites? The so called “black” man and his “Jew” roots?

[@kitarvin770]

Jewish traders started trading with China via the Silk Road and by sea before the Song dynasty 宋朝. However, the Jewish community only began to live permanently and recognized China as their new found home during the Song dynasty of the late 900AD. The reason as to why the Jewish community was accepted by the ruling Emperor back then was because he was very impressed by the ability of the Jewish traders in fostering continental trading and networking, not to say the exotic and luxurious goods that the traders were bringing into China. The Emperor even granted the community Chinese names e.g. 李 Levy、艾 Abraham、高 Cohen、石 Stone 、金 Gold、白 White. Initially, the community was granted the permission to live as citizens only in the capital city 汴梁 (old name of then Kaifeng 开封). As time goes by, the community was slowly being accepted by the mainstream society and started to relocate around different parts of China.

[@MrLantean]

These are the Kaifeng Jews. According to a scholarly consensus, they are descended primarily from Persian Jews who arrived in China either through the overland Silk Route or the sea route to the ports of Quanzhou or Guangzhou. Eventually, they settled down and married Chinese women. Their house of worship is the Kaifeng synagogue that takes the form of a Chinese temple. Kaifeng Jews had incorporated Chinese religious practices into their religion thus created their own form of practicing Jewish religion. Among Chinese cultural practices they embraced is the veneration of ancestors. Overtime the Kaifeng Jews had been increasing assimilated into Han Chinese population. There are some Chinese families that do not consume pork which may indicate of either Jewish or Muslim descent. There are some Chinese families in Fujian that are descended from Muslims and no longer practice Islam but retain certain elements of Islamic practices like refrain from consuming pork. There is estimated 1000 Chinese Jews left. A small number had migrated to Israel as part of the Aaliyah.

[@lysanderhuynh]

Thank you for recognizing Chinese descendants. Many people forget about the Min people who are, by definition, misplaced tribe and considered foreigners in South East China. My research has lead me to believe that the first and second exile contained Asher, Zebulon, Issachar, and Manasseh since they traveled together. Most, sadly, have overly assimilated into host culture. I think my grandmother on my father's side had some folklore tie some biblical traditions.

[@apdapd7568]

Do u mean Isrealites or Isrealis? The use of d word Jews or Jewish is being used loosely, generally even wrongly. The only Jewish Tribe among d twelve tribes of Isreal is d tribe of Judah which ocupied southern Isreal. The rest ten tribes occupied the northern Israel (Kingfom of Israel and Judah). Many ppl that claims to be Jewish or Jews are not but Isrealis or Isrealites. Not all Isrealis are Jews.

[@apdapd7568]

@@pardes7342 u lot are impostors not d real Jews. Claiming heritage that is not yours. Joseph at that time was referred to as Hebrew not Jew. The real Jews know who they are, d real Jews are at peace with themselves. If u know d truth, d truth shall set u free. Impostors.

[@pardes7342]

@@apdapd7568 Exactly, you are not a Jew because you don't know who are the Hebrews and the Jews. You don't have a hebraic mindset and ignorant of our TORAH because you have a non-Jew SOUL. You are the impostor, am haaretz and idol worshiper. You have no truth.

[@apdapd7568]

@@pardes7342 u just demonstrated that u aren't a Jew. Bible says by their seed u shall know them. What is abrahamic mindset and Torah got to do with being a Jew? Abraham himself wasn't an Isrealite neither was he a Jew. If people use the term Isreali or Isrealites i have no prob with that as suppose to Jew or Jewish. Proclaiming to be a Jew or Jews doesn't make u one.

[@apdapd7568]

@@pardes7342 Stop using d word Jewish or Jews. The old convenant was with Isrealites. The new convenant came through d lineage of d tribe of Judah , God make sure Yeshua came from that lineage as spoken thousands of years by many old prophets like Isaiah, etc. To answer your question Shabbat, the rainbow after the flood, brit milah are three convenant signs God provided.

[@apdapd7568]

@@pardes7342 Before I answer that question, I will like to know what part of Isreal are u or your family from or belong to?

[@drag0nwolf]

Nice video... Except for the condescending comment "what difference would another God make to the large pantheon of Indian Gods". That comment is so ill informed. What I still fail to understand is why European Jews continued to stay in Europe rather than migrate en mass to India or other tolerant countries.

[@nad1ax2]

How is that condescending or ill informed?

[@Mmmm-fj4iz]

Actually that is a very valid statement... The same happened with Lord Buddha who was later made the ninth avatar of Lord Vishnu.. Hinduism and Hindus in general are far more welcoming than any other people on the planet. This is an advantage of polytheism which has been noticed in Romans as well ie. When Christianity became the state religion of the empire, the Romans started converting to Christianity in large numbers and most of them added "GOD" to their existing pantheon of deities ... The Romans literally prayed to God alongside Jupiter and Venus and others.. this is quite an interesting thing..

[@nad1ax2]

@@Mmmm-fj4iz That is in fact not quite true. Buddhists were persecuted by various Hindu kingdoms from time to time, like the Shunga Empire and what have you. It is thought that a lot of Buddhist monasteries were destroyed by Hindu kings. But in geneal, it can indeed be said that Hinduism is more tolerant than the monotheisms

[@Mmmm-fj4iz]

@@nad1ax2 Yes I have indeed heard that in the initial years of Buddhism and even in some later years, there was friction with some Hindu rulers and priests as they saw Hindu subjects converting to Buddhism but with time both Buddhists and Hindus have grown fond of each other. Nowadays I have hardly noticed any rivalry between the two groups

[@nad1ax2]

​@@Mmmm-fj4iz Lol. That is because they hardly exist due to the aforementioned longstanding persecution and are hardly ever even seen as an interest group in contemporary India

[@swapnilgaikwad-ki3xu]

Jews rules in whole India nowadays (Jews indian Bramhnin community)

[@fzlc7425]

Kerala had 2 waves Once is ancient migration From babylon Ie. Mizrahi. Other In 17th century From Iberian peninsula, italy And mostly North Africa Ie sepradic jew

[@jmedlin81]

you say trader, I somehow hear traitor

[@celinesleiman6001]

shoes

[@silentnight9655]

You forgot the Slave Trade.

[@bey208]

Those are authentic hebrews coming from Shem.

[@zimbra910]

Jews in India????... That's news

[@elisinger4172]

No, it isn’t.

[@vivekaugustine9583]

Much of the cochin Jews converted to Christianity after St. Thomas, a Jew who believed in Jesus, arrived in Malabar and evangelized the existing Jewish community there. Today, the Christians in Malabar are a distinct ethnoreligious community that practices Syriac Christianity, my people. So yes, Judaism and Christianity go way back in India. Unlike whats portrayed to you in western media, where India seems to be this orange-coloured place full of cows, slums and Hindu idols everywhere, which i myself have never seen, there is far more to it.

[@MartinMartinm]

India about to experience alot of diversity.

[@nad1ax2]

There are a little less than 100k Indian Jews on the planet, of course most of them residing in the state of Israel

[@jamesr8584]

@@MartinMartinm That's a white man's ideology 🐄

[@maheshvk4763]

Hindus have always welcomed Jews and Parsis (Zoroastrians) to settle in India and they never faced any persecution at the hands of Hindus. In fact, they were allowed to prosper in India without any discrimination. I am proud of my Hindu roots.

[@rashidshaikh8524]

Haal bhi tum taal bhi tum chal bhi tum aur Khal bhi tum. Tum jew hahuuda rejector of khoda

[@ci6709]

Clearly a lack of research!!

[@bethechange1945]

🇮🇳❤️🇮🇱

[@fzlc7425]

Isreal ❤kerala 😘😘 Our ancient trading partner

[@sankarie3687]

If Muziri jews also spoken Malayalam then people started speaking in Malayalam from 1st century written evidence is from 4th century

[@BORN-to-Run]

AS Netanyahu said, "INDIA NEVER DID US WRONG."

[@darthashpie3370]

Bharat has always been tolerant to other religions from Jews to Parsis.

[@rsn1660]

I am British Indian and proud of my jewish ancestry

[@jajack9537]

never Show black Ethiopian jews...we know Persia in Africa. and Africa named after European Dutch conquer 😂😮

[@emeraldkimble7602]

Saint Andrew

[@baalupets2055]

God Bless israel

[@robinmcunknown1025]

Hiho kids

[@soloplayer2506]

Bro stop disrespecting Indian god pls

[@jassa2160]

Moot peene

[@brandonbayless4550]

Oopooo

[@fzlc7425]

The hindu keralite 👌 Are most welcoming

[@mihalisangelos6187]

please fact check，kaifeng is the name of a chinese city over thousand years ago