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Being Indian, Being Israeli (Migration, Ethnicity and Gender in the Jewish Homeland)

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Item Code: NAZ928
Publisher: Manohar Publishers And Distributors
Author: Maina Chawla Singh
Language: ENGLISH
Edition: 2009
ISBN: 9788173048395
Pages: 250
Cover: HARDCOVER
Other Details 9.00 X 6.00 inch
Weight 450 gm
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About the Book

The story of the Jews of India has often been told by historians, anthropologists, and sometimes by Indian Jews themselves recounting their family histories in India, the land of their birth over many generations. We know that Indian Jewish communities: the Bene Israelis in Bombay, Poona, Ahmedabad, and Jabalpur, the Baghdadis in Calcutta and Bombay, and the Kerala Jews in Cochin, Parur or Chendamangalam lived peacefully in pluralistic neighborhoods experiencing no antisemitism. However, when Israel was established, thousands of Indian Jews were inspired and like their cousins from other parts of the globe, migrated to the Jewish Homeland. Yet, today 60 years since the first Jewish families made `aliya' and migrated to Israel (1949), little is known about this community of 70,000 Indian Jews scattered across Israel.

This book, for the first time, presents a deeply researched analysis of all three Jewish communities from India, studying them holistically as `Indian-Israelis' with shared histories of migration, acculturation, and identity in the Jewish Homeland. Based on extensive fieldwork and ethnographic research conducted among Indian Jews across Israel between 2005-8, the book reflects the author's deep engagement and familiarity with Israeli society and the complexities of ethnicity and class that underlie the cleavages within Israeli Jewish society. The volume vividly captures the immigrant experience of first continued from front flap] generation Indian Jewish men and women. The tapestry of these narratives and lived experiences is skilfully woven into theoretical insights illustrating how ethnicity, gender, and class intersect with `Jewish-ness' to create complex identities of 'Being Indian' and 'Being Israeli'.

The author's deep engagement with the Indian-Israeli community and her accessible style enrich this book for readers across a wide range of interests.

About the Author

Maina Chawla Singh teaches at the University of Delhi. Her previous research has focused on gender and cross-cultural missionary work in colonial India. In 2008-9, Singh was Hadassah-Brandeis Scholar and Schusterman Fellow, Brandeis University. Currently, Singh is affiliated to American University, Washington DC.

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