Indian Jewish Heritage Center
Indian Jewish Heritage Center (IJHC) is a nonprofit organization powered by the volunteer work of its active members.
Its mission is to preserve the 2,000-year-old heritage of all the Jewish communities of India through community collaboration that incorporates all four communities.
Our Communities
Bene Israel
The Bene Israel Jews are the largest historic Indian Jewish community, originally residing in the Konkan region of Maharashtra before migrating to Bombay (now Mumbai). Currently, about 4,000 members of this community still live in India.
Cochin Jews
Cochin Jews, also known as the Malabar Jews, are one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world, residing in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala, primarily in the principality of Cochin.
Baghdadi Jews
The Baghdadi Jews are an Indian Jewish community that migrated from Iraq and other Middle Eastern regions, mainly settling in Mumbai and Kolkata.
Bene Menashe
The Bene Menashe are an Indian Jewish community from Manipur and Mizoram in northeastern India, who consider themselves descendants of the tribe of Manasseh.
Featured Events
The 3rd LILA Academic Conference on Indian Jews
At the University of Haifa
‘India Month’ at the Islamic Art Museum
Lectures on Indian Jewish Communities
The Jewish Experience In India Through Generations
An event on the Life of Tolerance
and Coexistence of Jews in India
