Apr 15, 2015
AIRBNB IN CUBA: NO DAMOS COMMISSION
Just a few days ago AirBnB, the USA based accommodation sharing agency and app, announced it was adding CUBA to its list of countries. Obviously things are opening up, attracting…
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Apr 15, 2015
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM FORT COCHIN IN MALABAR COAST
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM COCHIN DR.YEHUDA, La Habana, Cuba Friday, 20 th March 2015. The morning began brightly enough, Rexy the owner driver of the car arrived promptly at 7 30…
Apr 15, 2015
WHO IS THE OTHER IN JEWISH COCHIN?
Who is the OTHER in COCHIN? Anthropology is about the study of THE OTHER and until recently it has been chez l’autre (in the OTHER’s home). But in light of…
Apr 15, 2015
WARM, FRIENDLY, GENEROUS FRIENDS AND SEDER IN MIAMI
Just a few days ago I was in Fort Cochin, was wondering where I would spend the first night of Pesach! No invitation was forthcoming from Portland, Oregon so I…
Apr 15, 2015
OFFER DIGNITY TO OTHERS AND YOU WILL RECEIVE DIGNITY IN RETURN
Two incidents on my recent travels to the East stand out, emphasizing what my close friend the psychologist AA in La Habana said to me: You thrive on human relationships…
Apr 15, 2015
CHENG HO ZHENG HE AND COCHIN
I had published an artilce on Cheng Ho and Cochin, at the request of Dr Tan, the President of International Cheng Ho Society based in Singapore. On my recent visit,…
Apr 15, 2015
MALAYALEE MEMORY
I wrote this in 2008! On my recent visit in March 2015, it was as true as it was before: The Malayalee Memory or is it everywhere they are In…
Apr 15, 2015
MALA SYNAGOGUE, AN ENCHANTING EXAMPLE OF KERALA JEWISH SYNAGOGUE ARCHITECTURE
Nowhere in the world, can one witness the harmony between the religions and cultures as one sees in this part of Kerala. This is not a politically correct behavior imposed…
Apr 15, 2015
Train Journeys: Cochin to Bangalore..an Observation
The train is called SuperFast which is a relative term here, instead of taking 12 hours to cover 560 km, today they would do it in ten hours and a…
Mar 15, 2015
GASPAR DA GAMA…FIRST OF THE MANY FOREIGN JEWS ON COCHIN COAST
I had only one purpose looking through the graves at the Grave Island off the coast of Zanzibar. Would I be able to identify any Jewish names amidst the medieval…
Mar 15, 2015
44 hours of Journey from North American Indians to Indians of India
It took me forty four hours of travel By car from the Indian Reservation to the airport in Omaha, Nebraska and then a short flight to Chicago. Waited for the…
Mar 15, 2015
Visiting With Purpose Or Just Passing
VISITING WITH A PURPOSE OR JUST PASSING THROUGH I can recognize two types of Tourists: one group that is passing through, they didn’t come here because they have any special…