"Being Indian, Being Israeli: Migration, Ethnicity and Gender in the Jewish Homeland"
A Book Talk by Maina Chawla Singh Wednesday, March 31, 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Asian Reading Room Foyer, Jefferson Building- LJ 150 1st & Independence Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20540 Metro: Capitol South In contemporary Israel, the bulk of Indian Jews live in Israeli periphery, where they were settled by the state from the 1950s to early 1970s. This book for the first time, presents a deeply researched analysis of 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 fieldwork and ethnographic research conducted among Indian Jews across Israel between 2005-8, the book reflects the authors deep engagement and familiarity with Israeli society and the complexities of ethnicity and class that underlie the cleavages within Israeli Jewish society. Maina Chawla Singh is Associate Professor, University of Delhi. From 2005 to 2008, Singh researched and lectured in Israel at Bar-Ilan, Haifa and Tel Aviv universities. In 2008 Singh was Scholar-in-Residence at Haddasah-Brandeis Institute and in 2009 she was a Fellow at Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University. She is currently Scholar-in-Residence at American University, Washington DC. Sponsored by the Asian Division of the Library of Congress/Asian Division Friends Society and the Embassy of India Contact: Dr. Anchi Hoh (202-707-5673, <mailto:a...@loc.gov>a...@loc.gov), Gail Shirazi (202-707-9897, <mailto:g...@loc.gov>g...@loc.gov) --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
