Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small community of jews living primarily in kottareddipalem”. Today it says “small community living primarily in kotha reddy palem”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Bene Ephraim , also called Telugu Jews because they speak Telugu , are a small community of Jews living primarily in Kottareddipalem , a village outside Guntur , India , near the delta of the River Krishna . The Bene Ephraim trace their observance of Judaism back to ancient times, and recount a history similar to that of the Bnei Menashe in the northeastern Indian states of Mizoram and Manipur : adoption of Christianity upon the arrival of Baptist missionaries around the beginning of the 19 century . Since 1981 , about 50 families around Kottareddipalem and Ongole ( capital of the nearby district of Prakasham ) have learned Judaism , learned Hebrew , and sought recognition from other Jewish communities around the world. Because of the very recent reëmergence of this community, and the current overwhelming emphasis on the use of Hebrew as a living language, rather than merely a liturgical language , the impact of Hebrew on the daily speech of this community has not led to the development, as yet, of a distinctly identifiable "Judæo-Telugu" language or dialect. ( See Jewish languages .) The community has been visited over the years, by several groups of rabbis , who have thus far not seen fit to extend the same recognition to this community as that recently extended to the Bnei Menashe.1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Bene Ephraim , ( Hebrew : "Sons of Ephraim") also called Telugu Jews because they speak Telugu , are a small community of Jews living primarily in Kottareddipalem , a village outside Guntur , Andhra Pradesh , India , near the delta of the River Krishna . The Bene Ephraim claim to trace their observance of Judaism back to ancient times, and recount a history similar to that of the Bnei Menashe in the northeastern Indian states of Mizoram and Manipur : adoption of Christianity upon the arrival of Baptist missionaries around the beginning of the 19th century. Since 1981 , about fifty families around Kottareddipalem and Ongole ( capital of the nearby district of Prakasham ) have studied Judaism , learned Hebrew , and sought recognition from other Jewish communities around the world. Because of the very recent emergence of this community, and the current overwhelming emphasis on the use of Hebrew as a living language, rather than merely a liturgical language , the impact of Hebrew on the daily speech of this community has not led to the development, as yet, of a distinctly identifiable "Judæo-Telugu" language or dialect. ( See Jewish languages .) The community has been visited over the years, by several groups of rabbis , who have thus far not seen fit to extend the same recognition to this community as that recently extended to the Bnei Menashe. Bene Ephraim of Andhra Pradesh, South India The named reference "Yacobi" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page ).A week with the Bene Ephraim of Andra Pradesh entry in blog "Next Year In Mumbai : The Blog" March 18, 2008.
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They purportedly claim to be descendants of the Tribe of Ephraim , of the Ten Lost Tribes , and since the 1980s have learned to practice Judaism."Bene Ephraim of Andhra Pradesh, South India" , Kulanu "The Children of Ephraim: being Jewish in Andhra Pradesh" .
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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.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
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.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
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.
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small community of jews living primarily in kottareddipalem
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small community living primarily in kotha reddy palem
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