Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames: Women's Narratives from a Diaspora of Hope

by Jael Silliman

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Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames offers a personal and social history of the author's foremothers -- Baghdadi Jews who lived most of their lives in the Jewish community in Calcutta. Jael Silliman begins with a portrait of Farha, her maternal great-greandmother, who dwelled almost entirely within the Baghdadi Jewish community no matter where she and her husband traveled on business (Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore). Next is her maternal grandmother, Miriam...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1584653051

ISBN13:9781584653059

Release Date:January 2003

Publisher:Brandeis University Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.6" x 9.1"

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History Religion Religion & Spirituality Social Science Social Sciences

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