2,000 years of Jewish life in India. One evening. One dinner.
Leron grew up in India in the Bene Israel community. She tells its story on stage, with Binyamin at her side, then everyone sits down to a real kosher Indian dinner.
- Kosher: chalak meat, mehadrin-grade poultry (Machfud or equivalent)
- Hebrew, English or French
- From 30 guests
Price
An Evening with Leron: Talk & Dinner
* Prices do not include VAT.
How the evening goes
- 1
Welcome.
Chutneys and papadums are already on the tables when your guests arrive.
- 2
The talk (45–60 min).
Leron tells the story. A few volunteers join her on stage to shape a naan or blend spices, and the whole room plays "guess the spice".
- 3
Dinner.
A real Indian meal, served as a buffet, with a pani puri bar where everyone fills their own.
- 4
Questions over dessert.
Leron and Binyamin go from table to table.
Choose your evening
Each evening combines chapters of about 15 to 20 minutes. We adapt the mix to your audience.
The Jews of India
Who are the Bene Israel, who kept Shabbat on India's coast for 2,000 years? And how did the Jews of India (Bene Israel, Cochin and Baghdadi) come home to Israel?
Ideal for synagogues and communities.
One kitchen, three journeys
India, Algeria, France: the Bene Israel, the day an Algerian Jewish family, the Abo family, met them, and a Toulousain who fell for India through Leron.
Ideal for French-speaking and North African communities.
The Spice Alchemyst: science & spices
From a PhD in microbiology to a kosher Indian kitchen: what science teaches about spices, and how Kosher India was built.
Ideal for companies, universities and professional groups.
An evening for your people
Synagogues and communities
A story most people have never heard, told by someone who lived it. Then a dinner that brings everyone to the same table.
Companies and teams
A seminar evening or a team event with substance: science, entrepreneurship and spices, then dinner together.
Associations and groups
Women's groups, French-speaking communities, alumni, clubs: an evening that people talk about long after.
On stage: Leron, with Binyamin at her side
Leron
Hebrew & EnglishBorn and raised in India in the Bene Israel community, 24 years there before making aliyah. PhD and post-doc in microbiology. Her real school was her family's kitchen. Speaks in Hebrew and English.
Binyamin
French, English & HebrewCo-founder of Kosher India, from Toulouse, passionate about the history of the Jews of India. He tells the historical chapters and speaks in French, English and Hebrew.
Not a snack. A real dinner.
Your guests leave having eaten properly: a main dish such as biryani or a curry with cumin rice, a vegetarian dish such as dal or chana masala, samosas, a pani puri bar and a dessert. Meat, dairy or vegetarian, always kosher and never mixed.
What we need from you
- ✓ A hall with tables and chairs
- ✓ Plates and cutlery (disposable is fine)
- ✓ One or two volunteers at the buffet
- ✓ Access to electricity or a kitchen to keep the food warm
Frequently asked questions
In which language is the talk?
How long does the evening last?
Is the dinner really a full meal?
Is everything kosher?
Can the evening be for fewer than 30 people?
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Do you have a restaurant? Do you deliver?
Tell us about your community or your team.
Date, number of guests, language. We'll suggest the right evening. We reply personally, usually very fast.