AHMEDABAD: The small Bene Israeli neighborhood in Gujarat broke into birthday celebration when chief minister Vijay Rupani introduced on Thursday that his government had determined to grant minority standing to the small neighborhood in Gujarat. Rupani made this announcement while meeting Israeli high minister Benjamin Netanyahu all the way through his 10-day discuss with to Israel, thus satisfying a long-pending demand of the neighborhood in the state.
Now diminished to a handful, there are handiest168 contributors of the neighborhood in Gujarat of which 140-odd contributors, who are settled in Ahmedabad, accumulated on the Magen Abraham synagogue in the Walled City.
The Jewish population in Gujarat is so minuscule that they did not even determine one by one in the Census 2011, and have been just discussed as part of 16,480 'other communities' in the state.
Aviv Divekar, secretary of the Magen Abraham Synagogue, mentioned that it is actually a landmark second for the neighborhood. "Apart from anything else, the status would ensure their property rights to the community. While the synagogue has been provided security, many of the properties related to the community need care," he mentioned.
A formal illustration for minority standing had started in August 2017 where the neighborhood had submitted an application to the government of Gujarat. The wheels have been set in movement just before Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's India discuss with in January 2018, when Ok G Vanzara, in-charge director of Developing Caste Welfare Board, invited them. The application was submitted via the board to the state government coinciding with Netanyahu's Ahmedabad discuss with on January 17.
Sahitya Akademi winner Esther David mentioned, "It was a long-pending demand. The announcement recognizing the small Jewish community goes a long way in not only making us feel safer, but that our presence has been recognized as a minority in the country."
Divekar mentioned that they had met Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani at his place of job all the way through the remaining consultation of state meeting and had represented their case. "Ahmedabad at the moment has 140 members of Jewish community whereas Gujarat has 170," he mentioned.
Now diminished to a handful, there are handiest168 contributors of the neighborhood in Gujarat of which 140-odd contributors, who are settled in Ahmedabad, accumulated on the Magen Abraham synagogue in the Walled City.
The Jewish population in Gujarat is so minuscule that they did not even determine one by one in the Census 2011, and have been just discussed as part of 16,480 'other communities' in the state.
Aviv Divekar, secretary of the Magen Abraham Synagogue, mentioned that it is actually a landmark second for the neighborhood. "Apart from anything else, the status would ensure their property rights to the community. While the synagogue has been provided security, many of the properties related to the community need care," he mentioned.
A formal illustration for minority standing had started in August 2017 where the neighborhood had submitted an application to the government of Gujarat. The wheels have been set in movement just before Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's India discuss with in January 2018, when Ok G Vanzara, in-charge director of Developing Caste Welfare Board, invited them. The application was submitted via the board to the state government coinciding with Netanyahu's Ahmedabad discuss with on January 17.
Sahitya Akademi winner Esther David mentioned, "It was a long-pending demand. The announcement recognizing the small Jewish community goes a long way in not only making us feel safer, but that our presence has been recognized as a minority in the country."
Divekar mentioned that they had met Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani at his place of job all the way through the remaining consultation of state meeting and had represented their case. "Ahmedabad at the moment has 140 members of Jewish community whereas Gujarat has 170," he mentioned.
'Jews in Gujarat will get minority status'
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