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Hindu-Jewish Relationships

By Jason Jay and Alaka Ray

Who knew that a foodfight with yellow turmeric paste could turn in-laws into a family?

By Jana Sikdar

When an Indian girl dates a Jewish girl, it's a test of tolerance for two modern families.

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By Reika Dutta

Her Hindu family celebrated when her sister married a Jewish man, but suspicious stereotypes are creeping into their conversations.

Walking Seven Circles By Tony Castleman
A Jewish man and his Hindu wife face the question of how to raise the children and decide two religions are better than one.
Coming to Terms with My Son's Choices By Sallie Teitelbaum Castleman
Tony Castleman's mother struggles with her son's decision to do both.
From Bollywood to the Sands of Jerusalem By Aimee Ginsburg
Nadira, a Jewish movie star in a country of a billion Hindus and Muslims, died in February at age 74.
A Moment with... Ruth Prawler Jhabvala by Nonna Gorilovskaya
The Oscar-winning screenwriter of Howards End talks about her Indian husband and her childhood in prewar Germany.
Shooting a Film and Repairing a Complicated Mother-Daughter Relationship: A Review of Shooting Water By Sneha Sastry
Can making a movie together fix the relationship between the daughter of a Jewish-Indian couple and her mother?

	Dear Wendy: Will My Intermarried Son's Children Be Jewish? By Wendy Weltman Palmer
A Hindu woman engaged to a Jewish man wonders what's the point of raising their children as Jews if the community won't accept them.

Passage to India By Carol Kort
A Jewish woman's brother leaves Judaism--and his family--behind for a life at an ashram in India.