Being Jewish, Being Indian
Esther David: “Me, Indian, Minority”.For me, the Jewish graveyard is like a yardstick about how long we have been in India, as the names and dates are written in Hebrew, English and Marathi. So, even if we say our prayers in Hebrew, at heart we are Indian, as at home we speak Marathi, Gujarati or English.
Yet, the outsider syndrome continues to bother me, because at the synagogue, there are moments when I feel like a minority within a minority community, as I am not fully conversant with the rituals. I like being a Jew, but do not know how to be a good Jew…so I amuse friends by calling myself a good Jew, meaning Gujju…
I like good juice too.
Comment by B — September 8, 2007 @ 11:27 pm