Mira and Tara: Jewish Indian tweens
We recently received two ARCs about twelve-year-old girls whose mothers are Indian and fathers are Jewish, a viewpoint rarely seen in children's novels. Mira...
American traces her Jewish roots in India
Sadia Shepard, an American writer, and filmmaker traveled to India in search of her ancestry and to better understand her history, which is a...
India, Israel Bring Their Disputes Over History Into Our Schoolbooks, and More
Various groups frequently oppose the way specific subjects are presented in school textbooks. Most recently, McGraw-Hill apologized for using the phrase "the Atlantic Slave...
India’s Jews
There is no doubt that India's secularism is in jeopardy. Militant Hinduism is still a powerful force, much like extremist Islam. The ongoing bloodshed...
Cochin in Jewish History
Only from the second or European phase in the annals of the India-Jewish alliance can the research of India's place in Jewish history or...
Retiring professor will lead tour of India
The founder of Florida International University's Program in the Study of Spirituality is retiring, and the classroom will go "mobile" next.
After more than 40...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
We published an essay on the Jews of India a few weeks ago, pointing out that the Jews of that vast peninsula have little...
Indian-Jewish Cooking
Mavis Hyman's family went from Baghdad to Kolkata, India, 200 years ago with a colony of Jewish traders. They are members of the little-known...
Growing up an Iraqi-Indian Jew in Australia
In my early twenties, I told my mother, "One day, I want to publish a book on our family's tale."
"Inshallah" – "God willing" –...
Absence of Jewish Studies in India
When I was staying with a cousin in Colaba, Mumbai, for a few days a few years ago, she recommended that I go to...