Pune

Bene Israel heartland city of the Ohel David Synagogue ("Lal Deval", 1867, Sassoon-built) and the Rasta Peth succah tradition.

Modern locality anchor

Pune

India · City · 18.5°N 73.9°E

This anchor orients the sourced locality record. It is not a reconstructed historical position or border; the single map below provides geographic context.

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Where is Pune?

Land geometry: Natural Earth 1:50m via world-atlas. Pins mark modern localities or representative regional anchors stored on Atlas place records, not historical borders and not reconstructed positions. · Sources & methods

THE COMMUNITY TIMELINE · EVERY NODE DATED

What happened to the Jewish community of Pune?

1750–1948

Bene Israel settlement (18th-19th c.)

1948–present

Post-1948 emigration; small community

Today

Small community; landmark synagogue.

LANGUAGES & COMMUNITY

What did Pune sound like?

Hebrew (עברית, Ivrit)

AFTER · IN FULL COLOR

What survives today?

In Pune

Small community; landmark synagogue.

Ohel David Synagogue (Lal Deval)
synagogue · public landmark
Built 1867; largest synagogue in Asia (by some accounts).
Rasta Peth Succath Shelomo Synagogue
synagogue · public landmark

SOURCES & REVIEW

Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed. (place entry)
Macmillan Reference USA · 2007
India - Virtual Jewish History Tour
Jewish Virtual Library · open source

Reviewed 2026-07-30

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