Fokara’s law The Jerusalem Post, March 27, 2009 Pinto Baptist, an Indian worker currently living in Tel Aviv, was desperate for help in December of 2008. In India, he’d borrowed $9,000 from friends and family to pay the agency fees it cost to come to Israel to work. But when he arrived here, in July …
Repeated requests to interview a representative of the Indian embassy in Tel Aviv about the problems facing Indian foreign workers in Israel were declined. Sharad Srivastava, First Secretary (Culture, Consular, and Publicity), offered the brief explanation that the Indian embassy in Israel has little to do with foreign workers. He said “we’re not like …
Stranded Mid-Aviv Outlook India, March 16-23, 2009 print edition Lily Devi paid 8000 dollars to make the journey from India to Egypt so that she could pass into Israel illegally via the southern border. The Indian man she paid had promised that work would await her on the other side. Instead, he abandoned her in …
Gambling on Israel The Jerusalem Post, July 4, 2008 Colorful Bollywood movie posters and richly-hued spices in red-lidded jars crowd the small storefront of Om Indian Store – The Taste of India, located on Lewinsky Street at Tel Aviv’s Central Bus Station. It’s a warm Shabbat in early summer and the glass door is propped …