Sadia Shepard was raised a Muslim, so she was surprised to learn that her grandmother had actually been born Jewish as a member of India’s small Bene Israel community of Jews. In her new book, The Girl from Foreign, she writes about her journey to India to learn more about her grandmother’s life, the history of the Bene Israel, and her own intertwined cultural heritage.
Event:
Sadia Shepard will be speaking and signing books
Thursday Aug. 7 at 7:00 pm
at the Tribeca Barnes & Noble
97 Warren St.
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Comments [5]
Fascinating interview by a master.
Sally - if you found you had a grandparent from *wherever* and decided to look into their history, wouldn't you be fascinated were they Jewish, Chilean, Macedonian or other?
Carry - I'm not Jewish, but certainly don't detect a high proportion of Jewish topics on NPR.
Uh... just because she has a Jewish grandmother this is "fascinating"? This is just pathetic. What about her other grandparents?
Typical of Lenny's show and NPR. Why such a high percentage of Jewish topics?
India is the only or one of the few countries in the world where Jews were not persecuted. Hindu kings gave land for them to build synagogues. The Isrealis know this, that is why their students like coming to India and trekking in India. Israel generally publicly has said nice things about India, but India could not for years due to their internal politics.
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