Update 3/9/20: 11:30am Due to public safety concerns over the coronavirus, the Commonwealth Club has canceled this event. Please note that this event will take place at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club. Our esteemed panelists will address the connections between Israel, India, and Berkeley, as evidenced by the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life’s exquisite…
Thursday, November 18, 2021, 2:30 pm Dr. Ervin will discuss the history, culture, and unique assimilation of the Jews of the Indian Subcontinent, one of the oldest Diaspora communities. He will explore the disputed beginnings of this long-isolated Indian Jewish Diaspora, having lived in India for two years and returned several times since. This lecture…
August 15, 2021 to August 16, 2021 The Indian Jewish diaspora in Israel came together to celebrate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav with the launch of the Indian Jewish Artefacts Exhibition at ICC Tel Aviv in association with the Indian Jewish Heritage Center (IJHC), Israel on the special occasion of India’s Independence Day, which marks the beginning of…
June 4, 20212:42 AM NEW DELHI, India, 2 June (Reuters) – More than 100 Jews from India’s northeastern state of Manipur have had to postpone their plans to relocate to Israel after family members contracted COVID-19 and were quarantined in New Delhi. Soizagin, 40, describes his permanent transfer to Israel as a “great opportunity” because…
The Monmouth County Clerk’s Office at Market Yard, 33 Mechanic Street, Freehold, has asked the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County to host an exhibit. From Malabar to Monmouth County: A Global Connection to the Jews of India is the theme of this year’s exhibit. This mini-exhibit, which is based on the Museum’s current rotating…
Thursday, April 22, 2021, 7-8 PM Abraham D. Sofaer and Marian Scheuer Sofaer, a power couple, discuss the Jews of India, diplomacy, and contemporary events in Israel, Iran, and the Middle East. During this program, local benefactors and business leaders Vin and Laurel Gupta will present their long-time friends the Sofaers. Source: https://www.jewishomaha.org/about/community-programs-and-events/jews-of-india/
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 thriving community that received favorable treatment from their neighbors and rulers such as the Maharajas…
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 Return, which allows Jewish people from all around the world to come to Israel….
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 to successfully adjust to new surroundings while keeping certain traditions and changing and assimilating others….
April 19 08:00 PM – 09:00 PM Prof. Shalva Weil, Senior Researcher, Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Seymour Fox School of Education 8 p.m. in Israel Join us as we journey through the history of a unique community that spans countries and centuries… Prof. Shalva Weil will look at the remarkable transformations that the Baghdadi Jewish community…