# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Songs of Translation: Bene Israel Performance from India to Israel
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 pm (+00:00)
- **Event Description**: The Bene Israel are a Jewish community from western India who, over centuries, developed a distinctive identity in relation to other Jewish and non-Jewish communities, translating their sounds, words, and practices to have uniquely Marathi Jewish meanings. Some men sing Marathi Jewish songs, but over the past half century, women have assumed the important cultural role of stewarding these songs for the future. As author Anna C. Schultz demonstrates in her new book Echoes of Translation: Audibility and Relationally in Indian Jewish Women’s Songs, the Bene Israel women are translators who creatively mediate the worlds around them through song; while they may not always be visible, they are audible, and this book amplifies their relational soundings.

Schultz explores sonic translation among the Bene Israel through the metaphor of the echo: a resonant, transformative, relational phenomenon. The voices of Bene Israel women today, like Ovid's Echo, resonate empathically with loved ones they have survived, and, faintly, with those they never knew. Singing this repertoire teaches singers and listeners not only how to be Jewish, but also how to be Bene Israel. It also fosters sociality, providing a medium through which women echo one another, sharing cultural expertise while securing affective ties. But women also echo with one another; that is, they collectively and audibly translate sacred texts as embodied experience in the here and now. Women's repertories and practices were shaped in a richly diverse context, colored by interlinguistic translation between Hebrew, Marathi, Hindi, and English, as well as by other forms of cultural translation: translations from Cochin and Baghdadi Jewish to Bene Israel practice, Christian and Hindu religious discourse to Jewish religious discourse, from one ritual context to another, from men to women, from the written page to embodied performance, and from the past to the present.

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Produced by the American Society for Jewish Music’s Jewish Music Forum

Co-sponsored by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york-new-york/songs-of-translation-bene-israel-performance-from-india-to-israel/200029949608335
- **Event Categories**: business, music, art, literary-art, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Event venue details

- **city**: New York, New York
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, 15 W 16th St, New York, NY 10011-6301, United States, New York, New York

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Songs of Translation: Bene Israel Performance from India to Israel being held?
  - **A:** Songs of Translation: Bene Israel Performance from India to Israel takes place on Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 pm to Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 pm at Online event, 15 W 16th St, New York, NY 10011-6301, United States, New York, New York.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Songs of Translation: Bene Israel Performance from India to Israel?
  - **A:** Songs of Translation: Bene Israel Performance from India to Israel is organized by YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Songs of Translation: Bene Israel Performance from India to Israel is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in New York, New York, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Songs of Translation: Bene Israel Performance from India to Israel sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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