A HinJew Story

Anita Samantaray Gavartin’s novel is, at its core, a love story: the tale of Asha, a daughter of East Indian Hindu immigrants, and Ilya, a son of Russian Jewish immigrants. “Mazel Tov!!” A HinJew is born. It was a fusion wedding; one ceremony bringing together the two oldest religions of the world. A HinJew may sound like the latest craze at an exotic restaurant but its definition is varied. It can be a person who is ½ Hindu and ½ Jewish, a Jewish person living in India, or it can be the union of a Hindu to a Jew. Shalom and Namaste, it works.”