How did India's Bnei Israel Jews make their home in the Negev?
According to Bene Israel tradition, their ancestors had left the land of ancient Israel over 2,000 years ago and were shipwrecked off the Konkan coast in western India on Tu Bishvat
THE Bene Israel synagogue of Yeruham, Sha’arei Rahamim, the first to be constructed in Israel. Cloths from India cover the Torah scrolls; the synagogue’s lamps come from India. (photo credit: ANAV SILVERMAN PERETZ)ByANAV SILVERMAN PERETZ
