In Kolkata, in India (CNN) — The youngest person remaining is 65-year-old Ian Zachariah.
When did this happen? he says, nodding at the vacant synagogue where the yarmulke used to be.
While exploring the giant cathedral-like structure, his eyes rove around,...
Nissim Ezekiel's poem "Night of the Scorpion" will always be remembered fondly by generations of Indian school students, especially those from the ICSE stream. The poem's various themes of good vs evil, superstition versus rationality, and love conquering all...
Baghdadi Jewish Women in India
Baghdadi Jews, who came to India in the late eighteenth century from Baghdad, Basra, Aleppo, and other Arabic-speaking portions of the Ottoman Empire, established large diaspora groups in...
The Baghdadi Jews of India
In 1760, the Persian Gulf port of Basra became a trading center for the British East India Company, and many Jews who had played a significant part in...
Surat: The relatively minuscule Jewish community in India has never faced anti-Semitism in its 200 years of existence. In India, Jews have Christian neighbors, Hindu coworkers, and Muslim caregivers while maintaining their own identity.
They celebrate Durga Puja, Diwali, Rosh...
The community's presence in the city has all but vanished. Former residents recall good cuisine, harmony, and heritage recollections.
During the turbulent 1940s, Baghdadi Jews, as well as many European Jews fleeing Nazi oppression, fled to the ‘City of Joy'...
Baghdadi Jewish Merchants in Shanghai and the Opium Trade
Between 1858 and 1917, the opium trade was legal in China. The trade-in of this addictive, highly crippling narcotic drug was heavily dominated by...
The Bene-Israel and Baghdadi Jews of India: A history of this minority community
Nissim Ezekiel's poem "Night of the Scorpion" will always be remembered fondly by generations of Indian school students, particularly those...
The Jewish Museum in London presents the story of British Jews while also honoring the Jewish community as a whole. The Baghdadi Jewish community in India is one such community.
This Jewish population, which originated in Iraq and spread over...
Jael Silliman is an Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Iowa and the author of Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames: Women's Narratives from a Hopeful Diaspora (Brandeis University Press, 2002). The experiences of four generations of Jewish...