Category Archives: Contributions by Jewish Community

Jews In Karachi

By Dr. Sohail Ansari Karachi’s Jews, mostly, belonged to India’s Bene Israel community, besides Bagdadi and Cochin sections. Some came in with British and others via Afghanistan. So much was the influence that one of them, Abraham Reuben, became the … Continue reading

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A Jewish Cricketer From Pakistan

An Introduction of the book: A Jewish Cricketer from Pakistan – Autobiography of Isaac Solson (Soloman) By Menin Rodrigues (Excerpts from the book) TORONTO: 6 July 2021 – Isaac Soloman (as he was known then) was born to Jewish parents … Continue reading

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The Lost Tribe of Karachi

JEWS: THE LOST TRIBE OF KARACHI By Dr. Sohail Ansari Pakistan was not inherently anti-Semitic. In fact, Pakistan hosted small Jewish communities from the 19th century until the end of the 1960s and the largest of that community lived in … Continue reading

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Jewish Community of Old Karachi

By Raju Jamil Not many people know that a number of Karachi’s landmark buildings were designed by a Jewish architect Moses Somake (1875-1947). While he was born in Lahore, he lived most of his life in Karachi before migrating to … Continue reading

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Jewish Community in Karachi

Jewish Festival in Karachi in the 1950’s. Source of photo unknown.

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