In April 1952, a Calcutta resident by the name of EJ Assin sent a letter to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs appealing for help in getting his daughter back home from Be’er Sheva, Israel. “I beg to inform you that my widow daughter was converted and married at the Jewish Synagogue, Calcutta, to Mr Hyam Solomon, and is now known as Mrs Rahal Solomon,” Assin wrote. “She has two issues, both boys, aged 6 and 1 year old, one born in Calcutta and the second at Israel.” Assin’s daughter had left for Israel with her husband and first child...