A Passage From India, Bene Israel-Style

Forward | November 15, 2002| | Copyright

Newhouse, Alana
Forward
11-15-2002
`I thought of being Indian as being Jewish, and being Jewish as being
Indian," said American novelist Carmit Delman. "I thought of a curry meal
as a traditional Shabbat dinner."

For Delman, 27, whose mother grew up in the Bene Israel community of Bombay
and whose father is an Ashkenazi American, her two cultures were at once
distinctly different, yet somehow blended together. The result sometimes
contained exquisite beauty, but often presented Delman with a confusing
maze of identity. In her new book, "Burnt Bread and Chutney: Growing Up
Between Cultures -- A ...

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