Adventures

Last Friday night I stood in a small cluster around a table with 28 Jewish young adults from Mumbai. With our arms around each other we sang through the four verses of Shalom Aleichem, repeating each verse three times. We made our way through the Shabbat service, me explaining each part of the service and my friend Eli leading the prayers in the traditional Bene Israeli tune. We ate challah and drank wine, and lit Shabbat candles together, just like we do at home. The 29 of u