The Baghdadi Jews in India: Maintaining Communities, Negotiating Identities and Creating Super-Diversity

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Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of figures Notes on contributors Acknowledgement Part I: Sociological and historical perspectives on the Baghdadi Jews under the Raj 1 Super-diversity among the Baghdadi Jews of India Super-diversity in all its manifestations Demography and geography History Indian independence, Zionism and the Baghdadi dispersion Literature on the Baghdadi Jews in India The volume Conclusion Notes References 2 Negotiating identity in a changing world: from British colonialism to Indian independence Relationships with other communities Participation in politics and public affairs Indian nationalism The war years and after Conclusion Notes References Part II: Diversified religious life 3 The Baghdadi synagogues of India: their design roots, aesthetic and history Baghdadi synagogue architecture in Indian context Ohel David Synagogue, Pune Magen David Synagogue, Mumbai Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue, Mumbai Maghen David Synagogue, Kolkata Beth El Synagogue, Kolkata Neveh Shalome Synagogue, Kolkata Conclusions Notes Reference 4 Music traditions in the Baghdadi Jewish communities of Bombay and Poona: continuity, new horizons The Baghdadi Jewish communities of Bombay and Poona in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: an overview Bombay Poona Continuity of music traditions: religious, life cycle and secular perspectives New horizons in music traditions: recordings, synagogue choirs, youth organizations, Euro-American popular song and professional musicians Concluding remarks Notes References Part III: The Baghdadis of Maharashtra: formal and informal education 5 Jewish schools, their entrepreneurs and their educational landscape in Bombay Historical and geographical background The Sir Jacob Sassoon Free High School The Sir Sassoon J. David School The Ezekiel Ezra Elisha (E.E.E.) Sassoon High School Summary Notes References 6 Jewish sports and sectarianism in pre-independence Bombay Bombay’s Jews under British rule Jewish sports in Bombay Piercing the barrier: Zionist sports Conclusion Notes References Part IV: The Baghdadis of Bengal: formal and informal education 7 Muslim students in the Jewish Girls’ School, Kolkata: a changed legacy A brief history of the Jewish Girls’ School End of an era: admitting non-Jewish students Jewish in name and on special occasions Implications: teachings on multicultural engagement from Calcutta Notes References 8 Sport, gender and socialization: the experience of Jewish and Parsee women in colonial and post-colonial Bengal Jewish and Parsee women in sport Socializing agents in sports: Jewish and Parsee women Conclusion References Part V: Print and digital dissemination 9 Jewish press in India in Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic as an indispensable source for the history of Iraqi Jews in the nineteenth century Emigration to Baghdad in the nineteenth century The first vocational Jewish girls’ school in Baghdad Jewish Boys’ School Band in Baghdad Conclusion Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Appendix 5 Appendix 6 Notes References 10 Archival cartographies: multi-layering Calcutta’s Baghdadi Jewish histories Introduction Methodology: the building blocks of the digital archive Social integration among the Baghdadis and mainstream and minority communities Professional range, cultural and political integration Women pioneers Conclusion Notes References Index