The Society for Indo-Judaic Studies announces the establishment of an annual academic journal and invites the submission of papers. The journal is "dedicated to analyzing the affinities and interactions between Indic and Judaic civilizations from ancient through contemporary times."
Each issue will feature new scholarly research, republication of pioneering and classical studies in the field, translation of primary documents and of modern scholarship, interreligious and inter-ethnic dialogues, book reviews, and news and notes.
The new scholarly research will delve into such areas as comparative religious studies, historical studies of cultural and commercial links between India and Israel, social scientific studies of Jewish communities in India and Indian communities in Israel, comparative Diaspora studies of Jewish and Indian communities, literature studies, and studies of diplomacy between India and Israel.
Submissions may be addressed to one of the two editors, Nathan Katz, Professor and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Florida International Univ., DM301A, Miami FL 33199, or Braj Mohan Sinha, Professor and Head, Department of Religious Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N OWO.
Book review editor is Hananya Goodman, 345 Harvard Street, #3C, Cambridge, MA 02138.