Jews of India (slightly OT)

[Joel Bresler <jbresler...>]

Chevra:

Since the music of the Jews of India came up recently, I thought some 
listers would be interested in:

 >Who are the Jews of India?
 >Nathan Katz
 >University of California Press
 >
 >
 >Nathan Katz's Who are the Jews of India?, constitutes a very interesting
 >introduction to three major communities of the Indian subcontinent, the
 >Jews of Cochin, the Bene Israel, and the Baghdadi Jews of the Raj. It
 >also, as one commentator notes, brings together in a novel way, materials
 >on the Baghdadi worlds of Bombay, Calcutta and Southeast Asia. Who are
 >the Jews of India collects a lot of important information on these
 >communities and will be a standard text for people who want a primer on
 >Indian Jewish history and culture
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