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| birth_date              = December 1912
| birth_place            = [[Cochin]], [[Kerala]]
| birth_place            = [[Cochin]], [[Kingdom of Cochin]]
| death_date              = 23 September 2002
| death_date              = 23 September 2002
| death_place            = [[Neot Mordekhai]], [[Israel]]
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'''Ruby "Rivka" Daniel''' ({{lang-he| רובי "רבקה" דניאל}}; {{lang-ml|റൂബി ദാനിയേൽ}}; December 1912 - 23 September 2002) was a [[Malayali]] of [[Cochin Jew]]ish heritage was the first Malayali woman in the Indian Navy and the first Cochin Jewish woman to publish a book. Between the years of 1982–1999 Ruby Daniel translated into English over 120 [[Judeo-Malayalam]] women’s songs. Her translation efforts led the way for an ongoing international project to translate and analyze the songs within the Cochin Jewish community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/daniel-ruby |title=Ruby Daniel |work=Jewish Women's Archive  |accessdate=12 October 2013}}</ref>
'''Ruby "Rivka" Daniel''' ({{lang-he| רובי "רבקה" דניאל}}; {{lang-ml|റൂബി ദാനിയേൽ}}; December 1912 - 23 September 2002) was a [[Malayali]] of [[Cochin Jew]]ish heritage, the first Malayali woman in the Indian Navy, and the first Cochin Jewish woman to publish a book. Between the years of 1982–1999 Daniel translated into English over 120 [[Judeo-Malayalam]] women’s songs. Her translation efforts led the way for an ongoing international project to translate and analyze the songs within the Cochin Jewish community.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/daniel-ruby |title=Ruby Daniel |work=Jewish Women's Archive  |accessdate=12 October 2022}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Ruby Daniel was born in [[Kochi, India]] and was the eldest child of Eliyahu Hai Daniel and Leah Japheth Daniel. Her father, Eliyahu Hai Daniel, sold tickets for the ferry boat which connected Cochin with [[Ernakulam]]. Ruby had two younger siblings - Bingley and Rahel. Ruby also lived with her maternal grandparents, Eliyahu and Rivka ("Docho") Japheth.
Ruby Daniel was born in [[Kochi, India]] and was the eldest child of Eliyahu Hai Daniel and Leah Japheth Daniel. Her father, Eliyahu Hai Daniel, sold tickets for the ferry boat which connected Cochin with [[Ernakulam]]. Ruby had two younger siblings - Bingley and Rahel. Ruby also lived with her maternal grandparents, Eliyahu and Rivka ("Docho") Japheth.


Ruby Daniel excelled in school, both at the local government school for girls and at the Jewish school where she studied Hebrew, Torah, and the synagogue liturgy every morning and afternoon. She attended [[St. Treasas Convent Girls Higher Secondary School]] in Ernakulam. She completed high school there and studied one year at [[St. Teresa's College]]. She left St. Teresa’s College after her father and grandfather died in the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/daniel-ruby |title=Ruby Daniel |work=Jewish Women's Archive  |accessdate=12 October 2013}}</ref>
Ruby Daniel excelled in school, both at the local government school for girls and at the Jewish school where she studied Hebrew, Torah, and the synagogue liturgy every morning and afternoon. She attended [[St. Treasas Convent Girls Higher Secondary School]] in Ernakulam. She completed high school there and studied one year at [[St. Teresa's College]]. She left St. Teresa’s College after her father and grandfather died in the same year.<ref name=":0" />


== Military career ==
== Military career ==
Ruby Daniel enlisted in the military and served in the Armed Forces of India.  She is noted for not only being one of the few women in the Indian army at the time but also as the first Jewish Indian woman and the first [[keralite]] to do so in modern Indian history. She was employed for over fifteen years in government service, as a clerk in the High Court, District Court Munsiff Court, and from 1944–1946 in the Women’s [[Royal Indian Navy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/daniel-ruby |title=Ruby Daniel |work=Jewish Women's Archive  |accessdate=12 October 2013}}</ref>
Ruby Daniel enlisted in the military and served in the Armed Forces of India.  She is noted for not only being one of the few women in the Indian army at the time but also as the first Jewish Indian woman and the first Malayali to do so in modern Indian history. She was employed for over fifteen years in government service, as a clerk in the High Court, District Court Munsiff Court, and from 1944–1946 in the Women’s [[Royal Indian Navy]].<ref name=":0" />


== Writing career ==
== Writing career ==
She made [[aliyah]] in 1951 and moved to the predominantly [[ashkenazi]] and secular [[kibbutz]] [[Neot Mordechai]].<ref>[http://thejewishchronicle.net/view/full_story/27119483/article--Ruby-of-Cochin--provides-firsthand-look-at-bygone-era-of-India-s-Jews?instance=news_style ‘Ruby of Cochin’ provides firsthand look at bygone era of India’s Jews]. [[The Jewish Chronicle]]</ref> Her 1995 memoir, "Ruby of Cochin", lists a fourth method for marriage among the Jews of Cochin: that of witness by the entire congregation to a marriage. The memoir includes her experience in the Armed Forces of India as a Jewish woman among Hindu and Muslim men. In order to preserve Cochin Jewish culture, Ruby Daniel published a booklet of nine songs in [[Judeo-Malayalam]] - transliterated in Hebrew. She worked prodigiously through the 1990s to translated some 130 songs, which are sung by the Malayalee Jewish women,<ref>[http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/070616/jewish-folk-songs-similar-to-those-of-kerala.html Jewish folk songs similar to those of Kerala]. [[Deccan Chronicle]]</ref><ref>[https://bcrfj.revues.org/942 Women sing, men listen]. Bulletin du Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem</ref> into English.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/daniel-ruby |title=The Journal of Asian Studies |work=Jewish Women's Archive  |accessdate=12 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=6802256 |title=Ruby Daniel |work=Cambridge Journals Online |accessdate=12 October 2013}}</ref>
She made [[aliyah]] in 1951 and moved to the predominantly [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi]] and secular [[kibbutz]] [[Neot Mordechai]].<ref>[http://thejewishchronicle.net/view/full_story/27119483/article--Ruby-of-Cochin--provides-firsthand-look-at-bygone-era-of-India-s-Jews?instance=news_style ‘Ruby of Cochin’ provides firsthand look at bygone era of India’s Jews]. [[The Jewish Chronicle]]</ref> Her 1995 memoir, "Ruby of Cochin", lists a fourth method for marriage among the Jews of Cochin: that of witness by the entire congregation to a marriage. The memoir includes her experience in the Armed Forces of India as a Jewish woman among Hindu and Muslim men. In order to preserve Cochin Jewish culture, Ruby Daniel published a booklet of nine songs in Judeo-Malayalam - transliterated in Hebrew. She worked prodigiously through the 1990s to translated some 130 songs, which are sung by the Jewish women,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bose |first=Abhish K. |date=2016-06-07 |title=Jewish folk songs similar to those of Kerala |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/070616/jewish-folk-songs-similar-to-those-of-kerala.html |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chemana |first=Martine |date=2002-10-15 |title=Women sing, men listen |url=https://journals.openedition.org/bcrfj/942 |journal=Bulletin du Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem |language=en |issue=11 |pages=83–98 |issn=2075-5287}}</ref> into English.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/daniel-ruby |title=The Journal of Asian Studies |work=Jewish Women's Archive  |accessdate=12 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=6802256 |title=Ruby Daniel |journal=  The Journal of Asian Studies|date=August 1997 |volume=56 |issue=3 |pages=811–812 |doi=10.2307/2659650 |jstor=2659650 |accessdate=12 October 2013|last1=Gentes |first1=M. J. |s2cid=161154172 }}</ref>


=== Works ===
=== Works ===
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Revision as of 00:18, 23 December 2022

Ruby "Rivka" Daniel
Born
Ruby Daniel

December 1912
Cochin, Kingdom of Cochin
Died23 September 2002
Neot Mordekhai, Israel
Resting placeNeot Mordechai, Israel
OccupationIndian Navy, Writer, Translator
Parent(s)Eliyahu Hai Daniel (d. 1934) and Leah Japheth Daniel (1892–1982)

Ruby "Rivka" Daniel (Hebrew: רובי "רבקה" דניאל‎; Malayalam: റൂബി ദാനിയേൽ; December 1912 - 23 September 2002) was a Malayali of Cochin Jewish heritage, the first Malayali woman in the Indian Navy, and the first Cochin Jewish woman to publish a book. Between the years of 1982–1999 Daniel translated into English over 120 Judeo-Malayalam women’s songs. Her translation efforts led the way for an ongoing international project to translate and analyze the songs within the Cochin Jewish community.[1]

Early life

Ruby Daniel was born in Kochi, India and was the eldest child of Eliyahu Hai Daniel and Leah Japheth Daniel. Her father, Eliyahu Hai Daniel, sold tickets for the ferry boat which connected Cochin with Ernakulam. Ruby had two younger siblings - Bingley and Rahel. Ruby also lived with her maternal grandparents, Eliyahu and Rivka ("Docho") Japheth.

Ruby Daniel excelled in school, both at the local government school for girls and at the Jewish school where she studied Hebrew, Torah, and the synagogue liturgy every morning and afternoon. She attended St. Treasas Convent Girls Higher Secondary School in Ernakulam. She completed high school there and studied one year at St. Teresa's College. She left St. Teresa’s College after her father and grandfather died in the same year.[1]

Military career

Ruby Daniel enlisted in the military and served in the Armed Forces of India. She is noted for not only being one of the few women in the Indian army at the time but also as the first Jewish Indian woman and the first Malayali to do so in modern Indian history. She was employed for over fifteen years in government service, as a clerk in the High Court, District Court Munsiff Court, and from 1944–1946 in the Women’s Royal Indian Navy.[1]

Writing career

She made aliyah in 1951 and moved to the predominantly Ashkenazi and secular kibbutz Neot Mordechai.[2] Her 1995 memoir, "Ruby of Cochin", lists a fourth method for marriage among the Jews of Cochin: that of witness by the entire congregation to a marriage. The memoir includes her experience in the Armed Forces of India as a Jewish woman among Hindu and Muslim men. In order to preserve Cochin Jewish culture, Ruby Daniel published a booklet of nine songs in Judeo-Malayalam - transliterated in Hebrew. She worked prodigiously through the 1990s to translated some 130 songs, which are sung by the Jewish women,[3][4] into English.[5][6]

Works

  • We Learned from the Grandparents: Memories of a Cochin Jewish Woman. 1992
  • Ruby of Cochin .Jewish Publication Society (JPS). 1995

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ruby Daniel". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  2. ↑ ‘Ruby of Cochin’ provides firsthand look at bygone era of India’s Jews. The Jewish Chronicle
  3. ↑ Bose, Abhish K. (7 June 2016). "Jewish folk songs similar to those of Kerala". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Chemana, Martine (15 October 2002). "Women sing, men listen". Bulletin du Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem (11): 83–98. ISSN 2075-5287.
  5. ↑ "The Journal of Asian Studies". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  6. ↑ Gentes, M. J. (August 1997). "Ruby Daniel". The Journal of Asian Studies. 56 (3): 811–812. doi:10.2307/2659650. JSTOR 2659650. S2CID 161154172. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
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