Posted on 11/30/2008 6:52:36 PM PST by forkinsocket
As an Indian Christian, I occasionally remind my Jewish friends that I owe my faith to them. Indian tradition maintains that a few years after Christ's death, one of his apostles, Thomas ("the Doubter'), sailed to the southern Indian state of Kerala to share the Good News with his co-religionists. Jews have lived in India for thousands of years, perhaps arriving on a mission from the court of King Solomon to trade in "elephant's tooth, peacocks and apes". The Jews of Cochin are said to have been less than receptive to Thomas's message, though he did make many other converts.
India's ancient Jewish history, evidence of the country's tolerance for people of all faiths, has long been a source of pride for us. But an even greater cause for satisfaction has been the fact that Indian Jews have never faced persecution. To the contrary, Indian Jews have flourished, and nowhere is that more evident than in Mumbai. Some of the city's best-known landmarks, including Flora Fountain, the hub of the city's Fort business district, have been built with donations from Jewish philanthropists who grew prosperous on trade and manufacturing. Most notable among them were the Sasoons, a family from Iraq. Their name is etched in plaques in at least four schools, a magnificent library, a dockyard, and at least two of the city's nine synagogues.
A more chilling reminder of the city's role as a sanctuary for Jews is to be found on another set of marble tablets, in a cemetery in Chinchpokli, in Central Mumbai: One wall bears memorials to people who died in faraway concentration camps such as Auschwitz; it was donated by friends and relatives who found refuge here.
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Jewish ping
“This is the first time we’ve been made to feel like Jews.”
Get armed, bubelah. Jews must always be armed. It worked for Americans.
Yeah - why is it no one was armed in Bombay except the police, and they by and large refused to fire on the perps when they had the chance?
Each should prepare to defend himself and his own.
India was disarmed by the Brits, not that the poor ever were able to afford a firearm.
Ghandi, and the socialists after him, don’t believe in an armed populace.
As for the Indian cops - I have no idea as to why they did not fire back.
I recently had a co-worker who was from a Jewish community that had settled in the Bombay area about the time of Christ, or earlier. By the way, he was a conservative and a Republican.
Out gunned? Why risk their necks for a few white people?
Baffling and despicable!
Yeah - I have another one - if you're looking to kill white Brits and Americans why go to Mumbai?
I don't know how those police can live with themselves now.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Ping for later read.
A friend of ours grew up in what used to be Bombay, now Mumbai. He had many scary stories to tell. His family moved to Australia MANY years ago. Like about 30 or 40 years ago. Those with money moved if possible, they are Christian.
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