Travel+Leisure Podcast Features Explore Jewish India

Travel+Leisure magazine recently contacted me to be featured on its new podcast, Lost Cultures: Living Legacies. The podcast delves into the rich history of Kolkata's Baghdadi Jewish community.  Host  Alisha Prakash also interviewed writer, scholar, and Calcutta resident Jael Silliman.

The Kolkata community has grown smaller, but its legacy remains monumental. It's always been my mission to try to preserve and share that legacy with as many people as I can, through my tours, programs, writing, and recordings.

The title of the podcast is exactly on target. As I told Alisha on the podcast, "Maybe people aren't living in the places where they came from, but it doesn't mean that the culture is lost, because we are carrying on our traditions wherever we are."

Learn more about the Baghdadi Jews in Kolkata on Season 2, episode 3 of Lost Cultures: Living Legacies, available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Player FM, or wherever you get your podcasts. Better yet, join one of our next in-person tours and see Kolkata for yourself!