When opposed to reading, listening is a more natural approach to learning. Although written language only dates back to roughly 3200 BC, oral language has been around for a long time.
Now you can listen to the tremendous amount of...
For years, Muslims in Kolkata, India's West Bengal state capital, have looked after the city's three Jewish temples. As many as 600 Jews lived in Kolkata at one time. The congregation now has just over a dozen members, according...
A brief look at some of the early Jewish settlements in the Iberian peninsula.
A virtual tour of the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County's revolving exhibit "Jews of India: The History and Practices of the Bene Israel, Cochin, and Baghdadi Jews" is available. The contribution of books and artifacts by community members...
In September 1937, anthropologist David Mandelbaum short documentary film.
One of the first cultural anthropologists to conduct ethnographic research in India was David Goodman Mandelbaum (1911-1987), who taught at the University of California, Berkeley from 1946 until his retirement in...
Nathan Katz is a well-known figure. Emeritus Professor Nathan Katz, Ph.D., is well recognized for his work in Indo-Judaic Studies at Florida International University. His several award-winning publications on Indian Jewish communities highlight the linkages that bind the two...
This week, we meet Shobha ("Fori") Nehru, an aristocratic Indian woman who is married to BK Nehru, a former Indian ambassador to the United States and nephew of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. She was born and raised...
David S. Koffman, J. Richard Shiff Chair for the Study of Canadian Jewry and Associate Professor in the Department of History at York University in Toronto will deliver a virtual lecture on April 27, 2020. Prof. Koffman's recent book,...