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 general knowledge available on Wikipedia (audio article). You might even learn subconsciously if you listen…
“In Europe and the Middle East, Jews were persecuted, but never in India. India’s civilization has a unique quality to it.”
By naming itself ‘Hitler,’ an Indian business has sparked an uproar. The Jewish community in Ahmedabad, where the men’s clothes store is located, is requesting that the name be altered, claiming that the proprietors are not unaware of Hitler’s history. Meanwhile, the shop’s owners claim that it was named after one of their grandfathers, who…
Malayalam-speaking Jews from the Kochi (previously Cochin) district of Kerala, located along the Malabar Coast in southwestern India, are known as Cochin Jews, Cochini, or Kerala Jews. The Paradesis (White Jews), Malabaris (Black Jews), and Meshuchrarim (Meshuchrarim) were three caste-like groupings of Cochin Jews (Brown Jews). Only about 50 Cochin Jews survived on the Malabar…
Synagogueinte Naatil (In the Land of Synagogue) is a historical fiction film released in 2011. This film has English subtitles and is in Malayalam. The translation is not up to par. I’d like to express my gratitude to Mr. Thaha Ibrahin for allowing me to upload this video. Thaha is a unique individual who lived…
The Jews’ Indian delves at the history of Jewish-Native American interactions, both in the arena of cultural imagination and in real-life meetings. The interactions between these two groups were numerous and varied, proving to be harmonic at times when Jews and Native Americans shared economic and social objectives, but discordant and contentious at other times….
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, “The Jews’ Indian: Colonialism, Pluralism, and Belonging in America,” is the center of the discussion.