By Mark D. Zimmerman
MELVILLE, New York — Vice President JD Vance addressed a crowd at a Turning Point USA event where he spoke of his wife Usha’s religion, which is Hindu. Said Vance, “I believe in the Christian gospel and I hope that eventually my wife comes to see it the same way.”
There are only a few thousand Hindus living in Israel, most of whom are Jewish, but who adopted Hindu beliefs and practices in addition to or instead of their Jewish beliefs. Many of these Israelis took on the Hindu faith following visits to the Indian city of Vrindavan, where Krishna is said to have spent his childhood, or Mayapur, a major pilgrimage site in India.
One large Israeli Hindu community lives in the town of Katzir-Harish in northern Israel, while another group lives in the West Bank town of Ariel.
One of the major holidays in Hinduism is Krishna Janmashtami, which Israeli Hindus will celebrate next year on September 3 and 4, including the offering of 108 vegetarian meals in honor of the birth of Lord Krishna. What are people who follow both Jewish and Hindu traditions called?
A. Hinjews.
B. Krishnaelites.
C. B’nei Avrabrahmans.
D. Jewdoos.
E. Mishna Krishnas.
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Link to answer: https://rrrjewishtrivia.com/hindus-in-israel-answer.html
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Mark D. Zimmerman is an author and a freelance writer based in the Long Island community of Melville, New York.