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Part of our tour was lunch at a high end hotel. In our case this turned out to be the ITC Mughal. It was a lovely place with great food, but the best feature by far was this huge chandelier  ...

Part of our tour was lunch at a high end hotel. In our case...

Entrance Gate-2.jpg

Entrance Gate-2.jpg

Esplanade Mansion in Kolkata. All I have been able to figure out is that it was built in 1910 by Martin and Co and josh says it is Art Nouveau (and he knows his architecture). It would also  ...

Esplanade Mansion in Kolkata. All I have been able to figure...

Carving and Inlay Detail.jpg

Carving and Inlay Detail.jpg

A candid of me walking along this narrow walk walk at the top of the Hawa Mahal.

A candid of me walking along this narrow walk walk at the top...

Covenant & Conversation

Sometime over the High Holy Days, Rabbi Scheinberg suggested to check out Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks‘ weekly podcast Covenant & Conversation. In general Rabbi Scheinberg’s reading suggestions are spot on and I had no doubt that a podcast referral would also we worthwhile. A simple synopsis of the references in this week’s commentary should [...]

Rabbi Tovia Singer

Looks like I am not the only one thinking about Christians as polytheistic idol worshipers. Check out the lectures of Rabbi Tovia Signer.

Try to imagine the astonished reaction of a Jew (who has his monotheism intact) as he discovers from your question that missionaries use his cherished national creed, “Hear O Israel, the Lord is [...]