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Being Indian, Being Israeli: A Conversation with Dr. Maina Chawla Singh about RAFTING TO BOMBAY

Sunday, March 21, 3:30 PM

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.

In her recent book, "Being Jewish, Being Israeli: Migration, Ethnicity and Gender in the Jewish Homeland," Dr. Singh presents the first 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 author's deep engagement and familiarity with Israeli society and the complexities of ethnicity and class that underlie the cleavages within Israeli Jewish society.

In conversation with Nissim Reuben AJC Program Director of Indian-Jewish American Relations about RAFTING TO BOMBAY.. She will also sign copies of her book.