Shrihariprasad, Managing Trustee of the Sri Vishnu Mohan Foundation, has announced a conference with special sessions on the Jews in Kerala, the Bene Israelis of Maharshtra and the Baghdadi Jews of Kolkata as well as the contributions of Jews to South Asian society.
The conference will be inaugurated in Ernakulam at the centuries-old Kaduvambagam Synagogue inside the Mather Bazaar in Ernakulam, which the SVMF is helping to restore.
(A Sefer Torah from Israel arrived at the partially restored grand synagogue, with several Jews from Israel in attendance to pray and witness the placing of the Torah in its rightful place in the Ark).
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| 'Babu' Elias Josephai, caretaker of the Kadavumbhagam Synagogue. Pic: Bala Menon |
The conference will conclude with a Muziris Project boat tour including visits to synagogues in Parur and Chennamangalam and well as the Paliam Palace.
The palace overlooks a synagogue, mosque, church, and Hindu temple. A workshop will be devoted to creating a network of scholars, curators, archivists, librarians, collectors, and Indian Jewish groups devoted to the preservation of Indian Jewish material culture.
All are welcome. For further information, contact the SVMF at vishnufoundation@gmail.com Scholars are invited to send lecture and workshop proposals of 250 words or less to both Shrihariprasad [vishnufoundation@gmail.com] and Kenneth X. Robbins [rajanawab@kjrobbins.com].
For more info, you can also contact: nishaarjun9@gmail.com
SVMF is a non-profit research foundation in its formative period. The foundation “strives to harness interdisciplinary approaches and cross cultural contexts to rediscover, formulate and create pathways to transforming lives through original research, meaningful platforms, discussion forums, seminars and partnerships with organisations and individuals who are keen to bring forth knowledge and connection with the timeless, purifying, and transformational views of the teachers of mankind.”
The SVMF is known for its annual Seminar on Peace and Reconciliation.
nahi jnanena sadrsam pavitram iha vidyate
There is nothing so purifying as knowledge
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