Recalling Jewish Calcutta
Speaker: Jael Silliman
Recorded on April 29, 2021
Resources Shared During the Program:
You can access the Recalling Jewish Calcutta archive here: http://www.jewishcalcutta.in/
You can view the exhibit on Calcutta Jewish Cuisine here: http://www.jewishcalcutta.in/exhibits/show/food
You can view the exhibit on Music in Jewish Calcutta here: http://www.jewishcalcutta.in/exhibits/show/music
You can view the trailer of Shalom Bollywood documentary here: https://youtu.be/tX03up3RhKI
You can review the recording of the presentation from the South African Jewish Museum here: https://jewishmuseummd.org/events/jewish-museums-across-the-seas-south-africa/
You can view the recording of the presentation from the Jewish Museum of Australia here: https://jewishmuseummd.org/events/jewish-museums-across-the-seas-australia/
Join Jael Silliman for a multimedia presentation on the historic Jewish communities of India. Silliman will draw upon her extensive research as well as her personal family’s history to share stories of Jewish life in Calcutta.
Explore the community’s cultural traditions including music, rituals, and film, take a peek inside the Magen David Synagogue, and learn about efforts to preserve the heritage of this fading community.
Closed captioning will be offered with this program.
About Our Speaker:
Jael Silliman is an author, scholar, and women’s right activist. Born and raised in Calcutta in a Jewish Baghdadi family, she has helped preserve this history through her novels, academic articles and books, and through public presentations. She has curated the digital archive titled “Recalling Jewish Calcutta” (http://www.jewishcalcutta.in/).
Silliman received her doctorate in international education from Columbia University and has master’s degrees in history and education from the University of Texas at Austin and Harvard University. She was previously a tenured associate professor at the Women’s Studies Department at the University of Iowa.
12 replies on “Recalling Jewish Calcutta”
I would like to attend the program.
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I grew up in kolkata and am looking forward to the event
awesome!
Looks interesting. I’ve been to India but not Calcutta. And when I was in Israel, we had a Jewish guide who was from India.
We hope you join us for the program!
I would like to attend the program
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Looking forward to the event.