Kolkata: A new documentary about the city's dwindling Jewish population is on its way to show it through the eyes of the city's youngest resident.
This documentary will be directed by directors Jaydip Mukherjee and Aloke Banerjee and will follow...
How long would you wait to make a dream come true? If the dream was to narrate a life tale, how long would it take?
Sarath Kottikkal had to wait seven years for his turn. After seeing the premiere of...
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...
The Mumbai International Film Festival will broadcast Subha Das Mollick's film "Dwelling in Travelling."
Are you in need of another reminder of how hospitable India has been to immigrants, and how this openness may reshape a city and a culture?
Dwelling...
Sadia Shepard's new book, The Girl from Foreign, opens with the thwack of slapping chapattis (Indian flatbread), the swish of her sari, and anecdotes of life in Bombay from her Indian grandmother.
But hold on a second. Rachel Jacobs was...
Rachel Jacobs, who is she? The question consumes Sadia Shepard from the minute she uncovers the name-inscribed pin in her grandmother Rahat's wardrobe. Years ago, Rachel changed her name to Rahat, lived as a Muslim in Pakistan, and buried...
This twelve-minute film looks at how young people's religious identities can be linked to their practice of the visual arts, and how this can change over time. When Sonia Narang made this film for Practical Matters, an Indian Jewish...
As a child, I thought I was the only Indian Jew in the world. This made me feel like an ethnic unicorn when I was growing up in mostly white and Christian southern Maine. When I learned that Jews...
A lot of people need to think about what happened to the Jews by the Nazis, which is why it's important to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive.
To remember how many Jews and other people were killed by...
"L'Dor V'Dor: Generation to Generation" is a new documentary made by the Tulsa Historical Society that tells the story of Tulsa's Jewish community. This week, the Circle Cinema in Tulsa is showing the film.
"L'Dor V'Dor," which means "from one...