2009 08Jun The Idea of the Heritage center was born and people started coming together to form a committee
2009 24Dec IJHC Logo created by Ben Sion Benjamin was chosen Founders and First Board of Directors

  • Michael Moses Co-Chairman
  • Robin Samuel Co Chairman
  • Ruth Greenfield Secretary
  • Pinhas Yosef Joint Secretary
  • Iris Shimshon Treasurer
  • Simon Yehuda Member
  • Ben Sion Benjamin Member
  • Jonathan Daniels Member
  • Isaac Ashkenazy Member
  • Nachum Moses Member
  • Lily Benjamin Member
  • Elisha Avraham Member

2010 03Jan Meeting at Q's, Tel Aviv with introduction to the community Lawyer chosen, Board elected
2010 Jan Registered in Israel as nonprofit organization # 580526333
2010 Jan Hodiada 2010 – IJHC was presented to the public with posters and fliers
2010 Mar Bank account was opened and donations were deposited Mailing address, IJHC internet addresses The Shaare Rahamim Organization, Haifa was presented with an agreement to work with IJHC Donors for Indian Judaica started contacting IJHC Recording of Oral History was initiated Representatives of the Shaare Rahamim Haifa meet IJHC
2011 27Dec Hanukah Function, Shaare Rahamim, Haifa
2012 21May Meet the authors – Sophie Judah and Esther David at Hod HaSharon
2012 05May Meet Mr. Kanu Gandhi - the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, at Lod in collaboration with the Central Organization of Indian Jews
2012 28Jun Meet Dr. Navras Aafreedi – The Indian Jewry and the Self Professed Lost Tribes of Israel in India. Indian Embassy, Tel Aviv
2012 02Jul Meet Dr. Navras Aafreedi – Shaare Rahamim, Haifa
2012 01Aug Lecture on the History of the Indian Jews – visit by GOPIO group to Haifa, Indian Navy Ships, Shaare Rahamim, Haifa
2012 09Aug Jewish Calcutta – Music and Memory by Rahel Musleah, Hod Ve Hadar, Hod Hasharon
2012 09Sep Jewish Communities of India and A Holocaust Tale - Balachadi - The camp for Polish refugee children in India by Mr. Kenneth Robbins in Hod Ve Hadar, Kfar Sava
2012 12Nov Mr. Nissim Moses voted as President of the Organization. He replaces Mr. Michael Moses who remains a strong supporter of the IJHC
2012 23Dec "Joining Hands for our Heritage" Meeting with visiting Indian professors and educators visiting Yad Vashem, at Kibbutz Naan
2013 29Apr "Among Us" A glimpse into the lives of the Bnei Menashe community. Hod HaSharon
2013 19Aug Sangam – The confluence of the Bnei Israel in Ashdod and the Bnei Menashe community in Nitsanim
2013 06Oct Personal Computers donated to the Bnei Menashe new immigrants in Afula
2014 10Jan Meeting the Bnei Israel Ashdod community
2014 Feb New Board of Directors were elected. Mr. Avner Isaac is elected as Chairman of the Board
2014 16Jun Indian Jewish Link Newsletter First Issue by Mr. Pinhas Yosef
2014 Sep Reissue of the IJHC Website

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