EAN 9781681880419

With vibrant photographs and intricate stories "Scattered Among the Nations" tells the story of the world s most isolated Jewish communitiesin Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Former Soviet Union and the margins of Europe. Over 2,000 years ago, a shipwreck left seven Jewish couples stranded off India s Konkan Coast, south of Bombay. Those hardy survivors stayed, built a community, and founded one of the fascinating groups described in this book the Bene Israel of India s Maharasthra Province.