Tamil Nadu: Chennai’s 'last Jew' fights for place in India’s history - BBC News

Davvid Levi has been documenting the history of his family and that of other Jews in India's Chennai city.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Davvid LeviImage caption, Davvid Levi says more than 10 generations of his family have lived in Chennai cityBy Pramila KrishnanBBC TamilDavvid Levi claims to be the last Jew to have lived in the southern Indian city of Chennai.

That's because, according to government records, Mr Levi's was the last Jewish family in the city, which is the capital of Tamil Nadu state. (The BBC could not verify if the last two Jews documented in Tamil Nadu according to India's census were Mr Levi and his wife).

Mr Levi left India for "security reasons" following a property dispute in 2020. He now lives in Germany with his family.

But Chennai, he says, will always be his first home and he's determined to preserve his community's culture and history.

More than 10 generations of the Levi family, which has Portuguese origins, have lived in Chennai, which was part of Madras province under British rule.

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