Puran Poli Hamantaschen by Rachel Kruge

Puran Poli Hamantaschen by Rachel Kruge

Rachel Sophia Kruge, Jewish&, 03/07/2022

Hamantaschen with sweetened lentils, dates, & pistachios

Have a sweet new year with this apple honey baklava and Indian rice pudding

Have a sweet new year with this apple honey baklava and Indian rice pudding

Faith Kramer, J. The Jewish News of Northern California, 09/14/2020

Sample some new High Holiday dessert traditions this year with an apple honey baklava and an Indian-inspired rice dessert made in a slow cooker.

Mumbai Synagogue Granted UNESCO Award

Mumbai Synagogue Granted UNESCO Award

Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder, Jewish&, 12/12/2019

Historic Blue Synagogue Restored to Original Grandeur.

Recipes and Memories from Hanukkah in India

Recipes and Memories from Hanukkah in India

Eddna Samuel, Jewish&, 11/29/2018

An Indian Jew shares her Hanukkah traditions

The 2,200-year history of India’s Bene Israel Jews began with seven ship-wrecked couples

The 2,200-year history of India’s Bene Israel Jews began with seven ship-wrecked couples

Jael Silliman, Scroll.in, 11/07/2017

A new book examines the community’s heritage and origins through a series of stunning photographs.

Living in many worlds

Living in many worlds

Joanne Palmer, New Jersey Jewish Standard, 09/25/2017

Indian, Jew, Yiddish-speaker, Tamil-speaker, linguist, professor – Meylekh Viswanath of Teaneck is, does, and thinks about it all.

Famous Indian Jews From Army to Bollywood, 8 prominent Jews who shaped modern India

Famous Indian Jews From Army to Bollywood, 8 prominent Jews who shaped modern India

Rakesh Jah, Inuth, 09/20/2017

There are around 6000 Jews in the country who are busy protecting the last remnants of Jewish heritage

How A Mumbai Cook Prepares For Rosh Hashanah

How A Mumbai Cook Prepares For Rosh Hashanah

Shulie Madnick, Forward, 09/17/2017

On the morning of Rosh Hashanah Eve 2016, I met Sharona Hayeems, a local Indian Jewish caterer, at her home in Dadar, a neighborhood in Mumbai where some of the remaining 4,500 Indian Jews in India still live. I was there to spend some time watching her cook for Rosh Hashanah. Read more: https://forward.com/food/382673/how-a-mumbai-cook-prepares-for-rosh-hashanah/

High Holy Days in Mumbai

High Holy Days in Mumbai

Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10/03/2016

Needel focuses on the Jews of Mumbai, explaining how they have created a “finely balanced and unique Indo-Judaic identity through a demonstrative cultural and religious inclusions of their Indian neighbors.”