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{weblog_name} - An Indian Chanukah
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What better way to celebrate the sixth night of Chanukah than hearing the candle blessings in traditional Indian Jewish melodies, the lighting of a channukiah from Cochin Jews and then, of course, enjoying a scrumptious veggie Indian meal? That was part of the festive scene in the Washington, D.C. last night as about 250 American Jewish and American Indian leaders crowded into the home of a gracious Ambassador Meera Shankar. One of the more interesting aspects to me was that Indian-Israeli ties (which in Washington is a harbinger of ties with American Jewish leadership) were only cemented with full diplomatic relations in 1992 (made possible by India’s moving away from being a leader of the “non-aligned” nations, basically a diplomatic front for the Soviet Union, which itself literally fell apart in late December 1991). Since then, however, India and… read more