India's 'lost Jews'

I heard about a lost tribe of Isreal in India before but I always thought it was a hoax.

One of Israel's chief rabbis has recognised an Indian tribe as lost descendants of ancient Israelites.

news.bbc.co.uk...

Its an amazing thing, a small trible in northern India is found to have rituals so similar to Jewish ones that they are now able to emigrate to Israel.

A genuine lost civilisation has been found!

This is interesting, I gather Judasm is passed on through the maternal line and the BBC say

Other Israeli groups have dismissed the claim as "historically untenable." DNA studies at the Central Forensic Institute in Calcutta suggest that while the masculine side of the tribes bears no links to Israel, the feminine side suggests a genetic profile with Middle Eastern people that may have arisen through inter-marriage.

I've heard of the Indian Jews before, and that they are one of the lost tribes of Israel. here's more on them:

www.haruth.com...

www.the-south-asian.com...

I highly recommend the works of Godfrey Higgins regarding this topic.



Another link:

kessinger-publishing.com...,%20Godfrey



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