My paternal grandfather’s book travelled with me a long way, from India to my adopted home overseas. His name, Principal Moses Ezekiel (J. & J.
Even before my eyes open, my mouth starts watering. The air vibrates with the smell of roasting besan and ghee. Oh my, my mother is
The Jewish presence in India is ancient. Jews were trading between West Asia and India since Biblical times.
Neveh Shalome Synagogue (House of Peace), the oldest of Calcutta’s synagogues, was established in 1826 when there were barely 300 Jews in the city.
While Sulochana (Ruby Myers 1907 - 1983) and Nadira (Florence Ezekiel 1932 – 2006) were Baghdadi Jewish girls from Pune and Bombay respectively, Esther Victoria
The nineteen forties were tumultuous. British and American soldiers were stationed in Calcutta, including Jewish service men. There was a British and American Chaplain (Bloch
Difference was the norm, manifest in how we looked and from the aromas that drifted from our tiffin boxes.
