Books

Title: Baghdad to Bombay – In the Kitchens of My Cousins Author: Pearl Sofaer Published: May 5, 2008 Publisher: Paper Jam Publishing; First edition (May 5, 2008) ISBN-10: 1888345241 ISBN-13: 978-1888345247 Description: Baghdad to Bombay weaves the threads of a vital family into a rich tapestry of good food and beloved tradition. This tapestry represents … Continue reading »

Title: Dropped from Heaven: Stories Author: Sophie Judah Published: March 27, 2007 Publisher: Schocken; First Edition edition (March 27, 2007) ISBN-10: 0805242481 ISBN-13: 978-0805242485 Description: A marvelous fiction debut–a collection of richly told, deeply moving stories about everyday life within a community of Indian Jews as its ancient culture confronts the modern world. In the … Continue reading »

By: Ezra James Nollet Published: April 25th, 2012 The stories in this column are translations by Mr. Nollet from Die Juden In Der Welt (The Jews in the World) by Mark Wischnitzer, a long out-of-print book published more than seven decades ago in Germany. The book examines Jewish communities, one country at a time, as … Continue reading »

Title: The Girl from Foreign: A Search for Shipwrecked Ancestors, Forgotten Histories, and a Sense of Home Author: Sadia Shepard Published: July 31, 2008 Country Published: England Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The ISBN-10: 159420151X ISBN-13: 978-1594201516 Description: In this elegantly crafted memoir, the author sets out to fulfill her grandmother’s dying wish that she learn … Continue reading »

Title: The Immigration of Arabian Jews to India in the Eighteenth Century Author: Walter J. Fischel Published: 1929-1997 Country Published: USA Publisher: American Academy for Jewish Research ISSN: 0065-6798 Description: Surat, the capital of the province of Gujarat on the west coast of India, situated about 165 miles north of Bombay and possesing an excellent harbor, … Continue reading »

Title: Sassoon Dynasty Author: Cecil Roth, Mira Wilkins Published: December 1977 Country Published: USA Publisher: Ayer Co Pub ISBN-10: 0405097476 ISBN-13: 978-0405097478 Description: Sassoon Family, Jews of India Location URL: http://www.amazon.com/Sassoon-Dynasty-European-business-Cecil/dp/0405097476/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313177480&sr=8-1

Title: Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames: Women’s Narratives from a Diaspora of Hope (HBI Series on Jewish Women) Author: Jael Silliman Published: May 1, 2003 Country Published: India Publisher: Brandeis; 1st edition ISBN-10: 1584653051 ISBN-13: 978-1584653059 Description: Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames offers a personal and social history of the author’s foremothers — Baghdadi Jews who lived … Continue reading »

Title: Burnt Bread and Chutney: Growing Up Between Cultures-A Memoir of an Indian Jewish Girl Author: Carmit Delman Published: August 27, 2002 Country Published: USA Publisher: One World/Ballantine ISBN-10: 0345445937 ISBN-13: 978-0345445933 Description: This elegant memoir provides readers with glimpses of an unusual cross-cultural childhood. Delman was raised, in Cleveland, Ohio, New York and Israel, … Continue reading »

Title: Aryans, Jews, Brahmins: Theorizing Authority Through Myths of Identity (Suny Series, the Margins of Literature) Author: Dorothy Matilda Figueira Published: September 26, 2002 Country Published: USA Publisher: State University of New York Press ISBN-10: 0791455327 ISBN-13: 978-0791455326 Description: In Aryans, Jews, Brahmins, Dorothy Figueira provides a fascinating account of the construction of the Aryan … Continue reading »

Title: Jewish Heritage of Calcutta Author: Dalia Ray Published: September 1, 2002 Country Published: India Publisher: Minerva Associates ISBN-10: 8177150057 ISBN-13: 978-8177150056 Description: The Jewish Heritage of Calcutta is an account of the Jews of Charnock’s City who have almost become part of the History of India. The Jews were part of the Raj Scenario … Continue reading »