Les Juifs de Kolhapur

Kolhapur, in southern Maharashtra, was home to a small Bene Israel community integrated into local society as artisans, employees, and merchants. Like other Bene Israel communities in the region, it maintained an organized religious life and kept ties with neighboring communities, notably Bombay and Poona. The community always remained small. During the second half of the twentieth century, its members emigrated almost entirely to Israel.

Sources & resources

• Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World — Brill
• Jewish Virtual Library ↗