consciousness or protective withdrawal into a self-created ghetto.” The tiniest of India’s communities
managed to live happily in freedom while preserving their religious and cultural identity until today.
Some of the notable Indian Jews
Eli Ben-Menachem - Israeli politician.
Jacqueline Bhabha - Lecturer at Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School.
Anil Machado - Kalaripayattu Indian martial arts & Fitness professional. David Abraham
Cheulkar - Bollywood actor.
Reuben David (1912 - 1989) Zoologist
Esther David is a Jewish-Indian author, an artist and a sculptor
Karen David - British-Canadian actress
Nissim Ezekiel - poet, playwright, editor and art-critic.
Lieutenant General J F R Jacob - Former Chief of Staff of the Indian Army's Eastern Command;
Former Governor of Punjab and Goa.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Writer.
Ellis Kadoorie and Elly Kadoorie - Philanthropists.
Samson Kehimkar - Musician
Ezekiel Isaac Malekar - Bene Israel Rabbi.
Ruby Myers, Bollywood actress of the 1920s known as Sulochana.
Farhat Ezekiel Nadira - Bollywood actress.
Abraham Barak Salem - Cochin Jewish Indian nationalist leader.
David Sassoon - Businessman.
Albert Abdullah David Sassoon - British Indian merchant.
Sassoon David Sassoon - Philanthropist and benefactor of greater Indian Jewish community.
Solomon Sopher - Jewish community leader in Mumbai.
Bensiyon Songavkar - Professional cricketer.
Esther Victoria Abraham - aka Pramila. First ever Miss India.
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