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Total population | |
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350 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Andhra Pradesh, India | |
Languages | |
Telugu, Hebrew | |
Religion | |
Judaism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Tradition Jews, Indian Jews Ethnobiology Indian |
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The Bene Ephraim (Hebrew: בני אפריים) Bnei Ephraim ("Sons of Ephraim"), also called Telugu Jews because they speak Telugu, are a small community living primarily in Kotha Reddy Palem, a village outside Chebrolu, Guntur District, and in Machilipatnam, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India, near the delta of the River Krishna.[1] They claim to be descendants of the Tribe of Ephraim, of the Ten Lost Tribes, and since the 1980s have learned to practice modern Judaism.[2]