May 10, 2019, 06:24 PM
According to a senior Indian diplomat, the 85,000-strong Indian Jewish community in Israel is a critical link between the two countries, which have seen a remarkable expansion in relations over the years across a broad...
Mon. Apr. 19, 2021 8:00-9:00 pm
Baghdadi Jews in India were able to keep their communities alive by juggling various identities in a stratified and complicated culture. During the British Raj, the communities were immensely diverse, and they were able...
Members of the Jewish-Indian Bene Israel group are keen to share their Malida ceremonies and traditions with other Israelis, and they'll be doing so this year via Zoom.
This week, Indian-origin Israelis have been busy preparing for the annual Malida...
Sunday, February 21, 2021 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Sisterhood collaborates with six other Sisterhoods to deliver Rahel Musleah's intriguing discussion and presentation. Rahel Musleah is a journalist, novelist, singer, speaker, and educator who has won numerous awards. Rahel is...
May 17, 2021, Ambassador T.S. Tirumurti, India's permanent representative to the United Nations, declared India's formal response to the latest round of Israeli violence against Palestinians in East Jerusalem, Gaza, and the West Bank.
While the "indiscriminate rocket firings from...
Thursday, Oct. 11, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Cochin Jews are descended from an old Jewish population that originally dwelt in the Kingdom of Cochin, a South Indian monarchy (the present-day port city of Kochi). Cochin Jews were once a...
January 29, 2019, 15:53
As the United Nations honored International Holocaust Remembrance Day, poignant stories of Jews seeking safety in India during the horrors of the Holocaust were told.
On January 27, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day honors the horror of...
On January 28th, I was honored to present a panel discussion with 40 guests and over 80 listeners on the history and culture of India's Jewish communities. The intellectual Sephardi, Mizrahi, Ethiopian, Bukhari, and yes, Indian Jews on social...
Jul 07, 2021 · 11:30 am
When it comes to Jewishness – and the right to return to Israel – constructed identities are especially important.
Esther David (whose actual surname was Dandekar) describes attempting to “make aliyah” via the Law of...
25/11/2020 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
This talk was initially given in the summer of 2016, and I know that some of you were there. It was a hot August Friday night in the Peill Room, and Stu and I had cooked...