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Cover of Guesthouse for Ganesha: A Novel
Fic­tion
Guest­house for Gane­sha: A Novel
Judith Teit­el­man
Excerpt

Excerpt — Guest­house for Ganesha

Read an excerpt of Judith Teit­el­man’s Guest­house for Gane­sha 

Judith Teit­el­man
June 10, 2019
Cover of Mother India
Fic­tion
Moth­er India
Tova Reich
Cover of Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas
Chil­dren’s
Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas
Pamela Ehrenberg; Anjan Sarkar, illus.
Essay

It’s Always the Writer Who Com­mits the Crime

Ayelet Gun­dar-Goshen
March 2, 2017
Essay

How My Mon­tre­al Nov­el Led Me To Mumbai

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Sigal Samuel
December 25, 2015
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Visu­al Arts
Jews and the Indi­an Nation­al Art Project
Kenneth X. Robbins, Marvin Tokayer, eds.
Essay

Four Gen­er­a­tions of Lunch, from India to Australia

Elana Ben­jamin is an Aus­tralian free­lance writer. In 2014, her work has been pub­lished in major Aus­tralian pub­li­ca­tions includ­ing The Syd­ney Morn­ing Her­ald and…
Elana Ben­jamin
December 3, 2014
Cover of Western Jews in India: From the Fifteenth Century to the Present
Non­fic­tion
West­ern Jews in India: From the Fif­teenth Cen­tu­ry to the Present
Kenneth X. Robbins & Marvin Tokayer, eds.
Cover of Bombay: Exploring the Jewish Urban Heritage
Non­fic­tion
Bom­bay: Explor­ing the Jew­ish Urban Heritage
Shaul Sapir
Cover of My Basmati Bat Mitzvah
Chil­dren’s
My Bas­mati Bat Mitzvah
Paula J. Freedman
Essay

Hap­py Mer­ry Christ­mas, Ma’am! On Being Jew­ish in a Strange Land

Ear­li­er this week, Jen­ny Fel­don wrote about becom­ing an acci­den­tal house­wife and how to ignore the labels. She is the author of the recent­ly pub­lished Kar­ma Gone Bad:…
Jen­ny Feldon
December 12, 2013
Essay

How I Became an Acci­den­tal House­wife — and Ignored the Labels

Jen­ny Fel­don is the author of Kar­ma Gone Bad: How I Learned to Love Man­goes, Bol­ly­wood and Water Buf­fa­lo and was named one of BlogHer’s Voic­es of the Year in 2012.…
Jen­ny Feldon
December 10, 2013
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Non­fic­tion
Kar­ma Gone Bad: How I Learned to Love Man­gos, Bol­ly­wood and Water Buffalo
Jen­ny Feldon
Essay

Wan­der­ing Moth­er, Won­der­ing Daugh­ter: Part 3

Ear­li­er this week, Anne Cher­ian wrote about vis­it­ing the syn­a­gogue of the Cochin Jews in India and about her own expe­ri­ences with Judaism. She has been blog­ging…
Anne Cher­ian
September 21, 2012
Essay

Wan­der­ing Moth­er, Won­der­ing Daugh­ter: Part 2

Yes­ter­day, Anne Cher­ian wrote about vis­it­ing the syn­a­gogue of the Cochin Jews in India. She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
Anne Cher­ian
September 20, 2012
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