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.

My mother downplayed her Indian Jewish heritage to fit in. As an adult, I’m learning to reclaim it.

My mother downplayed her Indian Jewish heritage to fit in. As an adult, I’m learning to reclaim it.

Lishai Peel, The J., 09/11/2020

I came to associate India as a place full of ghosts, lost children, deep faith, and unfinished stories.

Isabel Wilkerson’s World-Historical Theory of Race and Caste

Isabel Wilkerson’s World-Historical Theory of Race and Caste

Sunil Khilnani, The New York Times, 08/07/2020

By comparing white supremacy in the U.S. to the caste system in India, her new book at once illuminates and collapses a complex history.

Rabbi Ezekiel Nissim Musleah, 92, captivating reader of Torah

Rabbi Ezekiel Nissim Musleah, 92, captivating reader of Torah

Penny Schwartz, JTA, 08/03/2020

When it came to chanting Torah, Rabbi Ezekiel Nissim Musleah was in a class by himself.

This Puerto Rican-Jewish author misses her Mumbai home

This Puerto Rican-Jewish author misses her Mumbai home

PJ Grisar, Forward, 05/20/2020

Leah Franqui is stranded in her hometown of Philadelphia and missing her life in Mumbai.

Meet the challah-tinkering yeast scientist who’s helping pandemic bread bakers get a good rise

Meet the challah-tinkering yeast scientist who’s helping pandemic bread bakers get a good rise

Philissa Craer, JTA, 03/31/2020

Few people have any great solutions for this difficult moment in human history, but Sudeep Agarwala is one of them.

Indian Jews Encourage Global Participation in Unique Tu Bishvat Ritual

Indian Jews Encourage Global Participation in Unique Tu Bishvat Ritual

Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder and Eddna Samuel, Jewish&, 02/04/2020

"Malida" ceremony involves prayer and offerings of fruit and nuts.

India Today, Home to Many Tibetan, Afghans, Africans and Many Other Ethnic and Religious Minorities

India Today, Home to Many Tibetan, Afghans, Africans and Many Other Ethnic and Religious Minorities

Surinder Jain, NewsGram Desk, 09/18/2019

Hindus have been the most tolerant and accepting of people fleeing their homelands.

600-Year Old Kadavumbhagam Synagogue in Kochi Collapses: A Look at History

600-Year Old Kadavumbhagam Synagogue in Kochi Collapses: A Look at History

TMN Staff, The News Minute, 09/11/2019

There were two synagogues in Mattancherry – one belonged to the white Jews while the oldest one belonged to the Black Jews.