On a recent tour of India, each day I had my own hire car with a driver and a guide. In common with nearly every other Indian I met ( especially waiters ), I was constantly asked by my various drivers and guides if I could get them a job
in Great Britain. Unfortunately I could do nothing for them, but we generally had a laugh over their predicament and my idiotic suggestions as to what they
could do to get to England.
One day I suggested to my driver and guide that they should convert to
Judaism ; they could then apply for Israeli citizenship and be offered a house and a job in Israel. Some days later I received a phone call from the driver saying that he had Googled synagogues in India and found one in Delhi. He had made an appointment to see a Rabbi. I congratulated him and thought no more about it.
Several weeks later back in England my wife showed me an article in her daily paper. It said that a village in India had been visited by Rabbis and its
occupants discovered to be one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. It was the village that my driver came from. They have now all been offered Israel citizenship and jobs and houses in Gaza. I, too, have been offered Israeli nationality.
Should I accept it ?
in Great Britain. Unfortunately I could do nothing for them, but we generally had a laugh over their predicament and my idiotic suggestions as to what they
could do to get to England.
One day I suggested to my driver and guide that they should convert to
Judaism ; they could then apply for Israeli citizenship and be offered a house and a job in Israel. Some days later I received a phone call from the driver saying that he had Googled synagogues in India and found one in Delhi. He had made an appointment to see a Rabbi. I congratulated him and thought no more about it.
Several weeks later back in England my wife showed me an article in her daily paper. It said that a village in India had been visited by Rabbis and its
occupants discovered to be one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. It was the village that my driver came from. They have now all been offered Israel citizenship and jobs and houses in Gaza. I, too, have been offered Israeli nationality.
Should I accept it ?