Saturday, Shabbat morning, 2016 INDIA, MY SECOND HOME participants went to Kenesset Eliyahoo for services, after which there was a communal lunch with fellow worshipers. Reciting the Birkat HaMazon (Grace After Meals) and singing ‘Oseh Shalom’ together with Indian and visiting Jews from around the globe was special and […]
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During its walking tour of Mumbai, INDIA: MY SECOND HOME includes a visit to Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat, one of the city’s large open-air “laundromats” where washers, known as dhobis, take care of the laundry for households, hotels and hospitals in countless rows of open-air concrete wash pens, […]
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Once numbering around 30,000, today Mumbai has a Jewish population of approximately 4,000, and still boasts about 10 synagogues. The 2016 INDIA: MY SECOND HOME participants toured two Indian Jewish congregations: Magen David and Tiphaereth Israel. Built in 1864, Magen David was constructed by David Sassoon in Victorian style […]
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Big cities are a study of contrasts, and you could say Mumbai is that on steroids. One of the most populous cities in India with more than 20 million people (as of 2011), Mumbai – Bombay until 1995 – is a financial powerhouse and home to […]
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Although it is not widely known, India has a long history as one of the most hospitable nations to Jews in the Jewish diaspora. For centuries, Jews found a haven in which their traditions flourished, said Nathan Katz, an authority and an award-winning author on Indian Jewish […]
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If you have ever wanted to go to India, here is your chance. Dr. Nathan Katz, an internationally recognized authority on Indian Jewry, will lead a 13-day Jewish-interest tour of India Feb. 16-29, 2016. The tour will offer opportunities to meet and interact with members of […]
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Like to save money…and who doesn’t? Reserve your space today for INDIA: My Second Home! Take advantage of our special discount for early-birds and Florida International University alumni and students. Make your reservations by Sept. 16, and deduct $180 per person off the tour cost. Call […]
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Upstairs in Kochi’s Paradesi Synagogue, Sarah Cohen leans forward during Sabbat services to whisper, “Can you hear it? Something’s going on at the Hindu temple next door.” Indeed, it is hard to miss the incongruous fusion of liturgy between this congregation and the one nearby. “We […]
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India is filled with history – and that includes Jewish history! Take, for example, the Konkan region, just south of Mumbai. Local legend has it that when Jews were exiled from Israel 2,200 years ago, they came to India and were shipwrecked off the Konkan coast. […]
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For centuries – and virtually unknown to the outside world – Kerala Jewish women composed and sang Jewish songs intheir native Malayalam. A few are what they call “Parrot Songs,” playful songs to birds that must be coaxed with milk and fruit in exchange for a […]
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