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

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