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  1. Kupferschmidt, “The General Muslim Congress of 1931 in Jerusalem,” 129.

  2. Ibid.

  3. For background discussion of the conference, see Gibb, “The Islamic Con-
    gress at Jerusalem in December 1931”; and Kramer, Islam Assembled, 123– 141.

  4. Kupferschmidt, “The General Muslim Congress of 1931 in Jerusalem,” 123.

  5. Similarly, the Congress Party commemorated August 26, 1938, as Palestine
    Day and held meetings and rallies in diff erent parts of the country. Hep-
    tulla, Indo- West Asian Relations, 153.

  6. Jansen, Zionism, Israel, and Arab Nationalism, 169– 181; Shimoni, Satyagraha
    and the Jews.

  7. Jansen, Afro- Asia and Non- Alignment, 30.

  8. Shimoni, Satyagraha and the Jews, 27– 28.

  9. Nehru to Olsvanger (February 2, 1938; May 5, 1947; June 10, 1954; October
    16, 1956; March 23, 1958), CZA, K 11– 81/3.

  10. Weizmann to Nehru (June 27, 1938; September 13, 1938; November 15, 1947;
    November 27, 1947). In Weizmann, Letters and Papers of Chaim Weizmann,
    18:206, 18:458– 459, 23:31– 32, 23:42– 43.

  11. She was a leading INC leader and a renowned poet.

  12. Once considered a rival to Jawaharlal Nehru, he served as India’s fi rst home
    minister until his death in 1950.

  13. Ambedkar was the leader of India’s oppressed “untouchables” or Dalit com-
    munity and played a key role in the drafting of the Indian Constitution.

  14. A se nior INC leader from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

  15. A close confi dant of Mahatma Gandhi.

  16. As early as in 1916, she addressed a Bene- Israel Mitra Mandal meeting in
    Bombay. India and Israel (Bombay) 4, no. 4 (October 1951): 31.

  17. The Jewish Advocate (Bombay) (October 1941): 9; The Jewish Advocate (Bom-
    bay) (November 1941): 9.

  18. Olsvanger to Tagore (October 7, 1936) and A. K. Chanda, secretary to
    Tagore, to Olsvanger (October 23, 1936), CZA, S25/3583.

  19. At the time of his death in 1940, Andrews was reportedly preparing to go to
    Palestine. Olga Feinberg to Epstein (June 8, 1940), CZA, S25/3591.

  20. Epstein to the Jewish Agency (April 4, 1946), CZA, S25/3158. The scholar-
    philosopher was elected India’s second president in 1962.

  21. For details of his activities in India, see CZA, S25/3583.

  22. For details, see CZA, S25/3586 and S25/3591.

  23. Bhargava, ed., India and West Asia, 93.

  24. Olsvanger to Ghaff ar Khan (September 29, 1936), CZA, S25/3583.

  25. Olsvanger to Iqbal (October 1, 1936) and Iqbal’s reply (October 14, 1936),
    CZA, S25/3583.

  26. Kallenbach to Weizmann (July 4, 1937), CZA, Z4/17342.

  27. Olsvanger to M. Irfan (October 3, 1936), CZA, S25/3583.

  28. Note of Richard Freund (December 20, 1937), CZA, S25/3586.

  29. Weizmann to Vera Weizmann (June 18, 1909), in Weizmann, Letters and
    Papers of Chaim Weizmann, 5:135– 136.


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