Title: Salaam Shalom: The Jews of India
Director: Vanessa C. Laufer
Date released: 2001
Country Published: USA
Studio: Filmakers Library
Description:
It is hard to imagine a subject more exotic than the Jews of India. On the Indian subcontinent where Hindus and Muslims dominate, Jews are...
Indian Doctor Aaron Abraham converts to Judaism - From tragedy in Mumbai to a Jewish life in Israel
The Cochinis, the Bene Israel, and the Baghdadis are the three primary Jewish communities in India, each with its origins and peculiarities. They have not been persecuted, but their numbers are dwindling owing to emigration to Israel and other...
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Dwelling...
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Dwelling in Travelling, a film by Shubha Das Mollick follows the Jewish community in Kolkata via their...
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