All Bene Israel Jews are descendants of these seven couples. He has emigrated to Tel Aviv from Mumbai, “not because of Zionism”, he says, but to contribute knowledge about the Bene Israel Jews to the Israeli homeland. Moses links the Bene Israel shipwreck to the Chitpavan Brahmins who live in the same Konkan region. Part of it is setting the record “straight” from a Bene Israel point of view. They called themselves Bene Israel, or Children of Israel.

Source: Mint June 11, 2016 17:48 UTC