Book Review Growing up Jewish in India: Synagogues, Customs and Communities from the Bene...
Growing up Jewish in India is a book on India's Jews told from a range of perspectives, including history, culture, art, and religion. Ori...
Kerala’s Jews Living far apart
YAHEH HALLEGUA is Mattancheri's last Jewish woman of childbearing age. Keith and Len, her cousins, are the final remaining bachelors. But neither of them...
Ludwig Lewisohn’s 1927 Book Has Lessons for Indian Minorities Today: A Review From Jail
Sudha Bharadwaj, who was imprisoned in Mumbai's Byculla Jail for a month, wrote the following critique by hand. Bharadwaj was diagnosed with heart disease...
Growing up Jewish in India
In European history, Jews are the most important race. Though they originated in ancient Israel (from Hebrew people), they were unable to establish their...
Rare Jewish-Indian Haggadah found in Salford
In a yard sale in Salford, a rare Jewish text published for the "Black Jews of India" in the 19th century was uncovered.
Dr. Yaakov...
Shirei Hodu Celebrating The Jewish Saga Of India
The Jewish people have had a long relationship with India. Trade, vocabulary borrowings from Indian languages in Biblical Hebrew, explorers' travelogues, and oral traditions...
Jewish Heritage in India, Bollywood Glitters
15 October 2014, New Delhi: H.E. Mr. Daniel Carmon, Israel's Ambassador to India, sponsored a book launch entitled "Jews and the Indian Art Project...
How One Writer Started a Cookbook and Discovered Her Indian Jewish Heritage
It wasn't until Nandita Godbole began researching her family's history that she realized how little she knew about her past.
"We used to visit my...
5 Fascinating Facts about Jews in India
The Jewish community in India dates back thousands of years. Here are five lesser-known facts concerning the role of Jews in India throughout history.
Marco...
The Last Jews of Kerala: The 2,000 Year History of India’s Forgotten Jewish Community
Emigration has reduced the Jewish population in Kerala, India, to a measly 50 people since Israel's formation in 1948, as it has in many...