The Friend of Israel - Ahuv Yisrael. A Monthly Paper Published in the Interest of the Jews in India.

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(INDIA).

The Friend of Israel - Ahuv Yisrael. A Monthly Paper Published in the Interest of the Jews in India.

Text in Marathi and English. Vol. I, nos. 1 and 8-9, bound together. From the Israel Mehlman Collection. pp. 9, (2), 57-72. Lightly browned, wormed, some foxing. Recent boards. 4to.

Bombay: 1898

Est: $70 - $100

A monthly journal published for and by the Bene Israel, the oldest Jewish community in India. Its stated purpose was to “place within the reach of every household as much of the literature … as will succeed … in enlightening the minds of our community respecting their duties and obligations as the people of God and the members of society.”