Contents
From the Editors
Articles
The Hindu-Jewish Relationship and the Significance of Dialogue: Participant’s Reflections on the 2007 and 2008 Hindu-Jewish Summits at New Delhi and Jerusalem by Michael Bender
Voices from Antiquity: Glimpses into the Lives of the Jewish Women of Calcutta by Kaustav Chakrabarti
King Raghu’s Dilemma: A Unique Case of Father-Daughter Relations by Amos Nevo
Jews, Judaism and Israel in India’s English Language Fiction: A Glimpse at what India’s Elites Read or Believe by Shalom Salomon Wald
Claimants of Israelite Descent in South Asia by Navras Jaat Aafreedi
The Indian Jewish Community and its Association with the Holocaust and Yom HaShoah- A Preliminary Study by Anuradha Bhattacharjee
Primary document
Report to the London Beth Din on the Calcutta Jewish Community (1965) by Rabbi Daniel Sperber
Yulia Egorova and Shahid Perwez, The Jews of Andhra Pradesh –
Contesting Caste and Religion in South India (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013, 208p) reviewed by Priya Singh
Kenneth Robbins and Marvin Tokayer, eds. Western Jews in India: From the Fifteenth Century to the Present (New Delhi, Manohar, 2013) reviewed by Jael Silliman
“Two Books About and By Bombay Baghdadis” Rachel Manasseh, Baghdadian Jews of Bombay, Their Life & Achievements – A Personal and Historical Account (Great Neck, NY, Midrash Ben Ish Hai, 2013).
Shaul Sapir, Bombay – Exploring the Jewish Urban Heritage (Mumbai, Bene Israel Heritage Museum and Genealogical Research Centre, 2013) reviewed by Nathan Katz
Jael Silliman, The Man with Many Hats (New Delhi, Atlantic Publishers and Distributors, 2013) reviewed by Shalva Weil