RT Article
T1 Ebraismo e caste in India: la tensione tra halacha, cultura locale e colonialismo
JF Riflessioni di metodo sul diritto comparato delle religioni
SP 143
OP 164
A1 Gardella Tedeschi, Bianca
LA Italian
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1962991385
AB The article addresses the issues of Judaism and caste system in India. The first paragraphs offer a short introduction on the history of the various Jewish settlements in India from the second century BCE to the colonial period. The historical introduction is the base to understand the relation of the Jews with their Indian neighbors: Jews, even in the older settlements, positioned themselves towards the other castes as a caste in itself, in order to achieve a higher ranking and status in the Indian society. The following paragraphs show how the caste system percolated within the different communities but has never been accepted by the halakha. The last paragraph describes how, recently, groups of Dalits have asserted their belonging to Judaism and how halakha considers their assertions.
SN 9788815269560