Charting a path of connection and adventure

Recipes for Indian Jewish Brunch

An Indian Jew shares her Hanukkah traditions

New video from Sarah Aroeste celebrates Sephardic & Indian Simchat Torah traditions.

An Indian orphan finds a home in a Jewish family and community

While there are now several books on the Bene Israeli and Baghdadi Jewish heritage of Mumbai that are more extensive in terms of research and even visual documentation, Robbins and Sohoni’s Jewish Heritage of the Deccan: Mumbai, The Northern Konkan and Pune combines luminous photography and brief commentary.

Their numbers are dwindling in a seaside town that once gave them refuge—but their culture remains.

India’s small but significant Jewish community stands out for its own reason. What makes them unique is their ability to mingle themselves into the local culture and still retain their own identity.

New move to recognize people with Jewish roots, emerging communities and groups of Crypto-Jews, is meant to allow them to explore their Jewish heritage and learn about Israel