On Monday, April 12, the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) and StandWithUs (SWU) hosted a virtual event called “Indo-Judaic Ties: Ancient Cultures, Common Challenges, Modern Miracles.” Nearly 300 members of the Jewish and Hindu American communities from across the country attended the ceremony. Mihir Meghani, HAF Co-Founder and Board Member, gave the introductory remarks, which were…
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 the seventh generation of a Calcutta family that can be traced back to Baghdad in…
Sunday, February 21 at 12:00 PM “Jews and Muslims in India and Pakistan: Their Attitudes Towards Each Other” is a book about the attitudes of Jews and Muslims in India and Pakistan. Dr. Navras Aafreedi is an Assistant Professor at Presidency University in Kolkata, India, and a Research Fellow at ISGAP. Source: https://www.isgap.org/event/2021/02/jews-and-muslims-in-india-and-pakistan-their-attitudes-toward-each-other/
February 11, 2020, 04:52 Hundreds of Bene Israel community members from Maharashtra descended on Jerusalem on Monday evening from all around Israel to celebrate the Hebrew Calendar’s designation of their ‘Malida’ celebration as an official national holiday. The Bene Israel community celebrated ‘Malida’ at 70 sites around the world, including India, the United States, and Israel,…
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 media who campaign for their community’s participation within prominent Jewish organizations motivated me to put the…
February 4, 2021, India is well-known for its religious diversity. Despite this, due to India’s vast population of nearly a billion people, the country’s small Jewish minority is frequently overlooked or ignored. Regardless, Jews have lived in India for over 2000 years, leaving a rich Indian-Jewish culture that lives on today through the rituals and…
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 festivities, which will take place on January 27-28. Due to the closing of the country…
Sunday January 24 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Rahel Musleah was born in Calcutta, India, to a seventh-generation Jewish family with roots in Baghdad in the seventeenth century. She can give us a particular Jewish legacy of India through the colorful prism of her family’s story. Rahel is a journalist, novelist, singer, storyteller, and educator who has…
Are there any Jews in India? No, I’m not referring to the Native Americans who were thought to be remnants of the Ten Lost Tribes by 19th-century clergy. I’m referring to Jews in India. After all, why not? After all, our forefathers were distributed to all four corners of the earth as a result 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 some delectable Indian fare to accompany the festivities. Even though everything I say will be…