Rahel Musleah is an award-winning journalist, author, singer, storyteller, and educator who introduces audiences to the distinctive heritage of the Jews of India and Iraq through the prism of her own family story. The seventh generation of a Calcutta family, she traces her roots to 17th-century Baghdad. Her works include: Apples and Pomegranates: A Family Seder for Rosh Hashanah; Why On This Night? A Passover Haggadah for Family Celebration; and a CD of Shabbat and holiday melodies, Hodu: Jewish Rhythms from Baghdad to India. A pioneer as a woman prayer leader in the Sephardi/Mizrahi community, she leads in-person Jewish heritage tours to India twice a year. www.explorejewishindia.com
Rahel Musleah is an award-winning journalist, author, singer, storyteller, and educator who introduces audiences to the distinctive heritage of the Jews of India and Iraq through the prism of her own family story. The seventh generation of a Calcutta family, she traces her roots to 17th-century Baghdad. Her works include: Apples and Pomegranates: A Family Seder for Rosh Hashanah; Why On This Night? A Passover Haggadah for Family Celebration; and a CD of Shabbat and holiday melodies, Hodu: Jewish Rhythms from Baghdad to India. A pioneer as a woman prayer leader in the Sephardi/Mizrahi community, she leads in-person Jewish heritage tours to India twice a year. www.explorejewishindia.com