As a result of disobedience to God’s commandments, Israel United in Christ is a Biblical organization that teaches the Gospel of Repentance from Sin to our people spread over the world. When you think about our people’s situation, it’s one of chaos and trauma. Our people, the Israelites, face a variety of problems, including self-hatred,…
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 Polo’s Visit When Marco Polo visited India in 1293, he wrote of an unexpected encounter with Jews who had established a thriving settlement on the country’s southwestern coast in his…
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 the grandmother’s maiden name. Did you know that India has Jews? “Go to India, study…
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 other far-flung Jewish communities. Fernandes (Holy Warriors), a British-Indian journalist, describes today’s Keralite Jews while recounting her efforts to study their past. Keralite Jews are divided into two groups: “Black,” or…
Sheela Rohekar, India’s sole Jewish writer, has released her new work, “Miss Samuel: Ek Yahudi Gatha,” which is her first to represent the life of her Bene Israel community in India. On March 30, the ceremonial launch took place at Lucknow’s famed Sangeet Natak Akademi, or Academy of Dance and Drama. The Lucknow Book Club…
In geography class, I’m in fourth grade, and we’re working on a project. We have one week to submit a folder with research and photographs on any country of our choice. I take my mother to the local travel agency to get a copy of the “Exotic India” brochure. I cut out tigers and sari-clad…
Jews celebrating Yom Kippur in a Mumbai synagogue in a new volume of articles produced by Israeli historian Ori Z Soltes throws light on the community’s history and unique traditions that are linked to different areas of the country. The story behind the development of the malida platter (a Bene Israeli custom), the strong relationship…
With this third book, Marks revisits the territory covered in The World of Jewish Cooking and The World of Jewish Entertaining, encompassing Jewish food from around the world. While the previous two books were notable for the wide range of recipes they provided, it appears that Jews all around the world consume similar desserts. More…
Even though there are around 100,000 Indian Jews in Israel, their history, customs, and—leave it to me to point this out!—food remains a mystery to those outside the community. After all, what’s Passover without lamb biryani? Shulie Madnick, a renaissance woman with skills in writing, photography, cooking, teaching, and public speaking, has spent the last…