The Complete Diaries of Theodor Herzl – page 517
Strange, there are Jewish Negroes who come from India. They are the descendants of slaves who were in the service of the expelled Jews and adopted the faith of their masters.
The Complete Diaries of Theodor Herzl – page 1579
Jewish Negroes from India. Herzl’s informant, Dr. D’Arbela (q.v.) of Jerusalem, was not quite precise in describing the Indian Jews as Negroes. Certain Jewish groups in India are of a black skin (e.g. the Bene Israel in Bombay), but they belong, together with most other Indians, to the Caucasian, rather than to the Negroid, race.