Fiction. Jewish Studies. Over 2,000 years ago, according to legend, a shipwreck landed one of the lost tribes of Israel on the Konkan coast of India. Bound together by a common faith in an unfamiliar land, this group became known as the Bene Israel Jews of India. "Esther David perfectly portrays the individuals of the Bene Israel Jewish community in Ahmedabad, many of them torn between Israel's siren song and their own unique Indo-Jewish heritage. Hers is a window into an all too human world, presided over by a comic though attentive Prophet Elijah"--Janet M. Powers, author of Kites Over the Mango Tree: Restoring Harmony Between Hindus and Muslims in Gujarat. "Hilarious and heart-warming..."--Asian Age.
Author City: Ahmedabad IND
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