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Because the inn is very close
to the Cape Cod Melody Tent,
which draws big-name enter-
tainers in the summer, Mr. Rit-
tel has welcomed a number of
celebrity guests.
Success, Mr. Rittel admits, is
very gratifying; but so is the op-
portunity to give his guests a spe-
cial experience. He still enjoys
the warm thank-you notes he re-
ceives from guests.
"We're not offering just a hotel
room," says Mr. Cuddle and Bub-
ble. 'We're offering romance and
renewal. We give couples a Cape
Cod vacation they'll always re-
member." ❑

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iminutive Chana
was washing and
LEisto,
the gates were
still locked when I `AE HOtISE
arrived early one morn-
ing at Judah Hyam Hall IT MAY EVER r t
at 2 Jumayum Road in
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New Delhi, India.
Chana, a native of IHIPAD M
8,
Puna, is a sort of female
'ARRISTER;
shamus (caretaker) and
looks after the small, OLET
one-room prayer hall ;08
from her own small liv- ENJAMIN
ing quarters just yards
EEfA'
away.
Built in 1956, the hall
now serves a focal point
for the Jewish commu-
nity, which consists of
approximately 50 fami-
lies. The families are
involved in the activi-
ties and prayers, says
Chana, using an inter-
preter. She only speaks Chana is the shamus at Judah Hyam Hall.
Hindi and Hebrew.
Before World War II, the very opened its gates and Jews have
small Delhi Jewish community enjoyed security and acceptance
was a strange mix of Russian, in the social structure of the land.
There are three main groups:
Afghan and French Jews. How-
ever, after the war, more Jews ar- the Marathi-speaking Jews who
rived to work in the foreign call themselves Bene Israel and
embassies and businesses. After settled on the west coast of India;
1947, many left for Israel and the Cochin Jews, or Cohinis, who
originally settled in Cranganore
North America.
In recent years, there has been and the south; and the Jews from
a marked increase of interest West Asia, mainly Baghdad, who
about the Jews of India, particu- are known as Baghdadis, who
larly the Bene Israel. The histo- settled mainly in Bombay and
ry is fascinating and not many Calcutta.
Before the Judah Hyam Hall
know, even among Indians, that
was
built, prayers on the High
this community has existed since
Holy Days were held in the home
the 11th or 12th century.
"Jews have earned the repu- of Baruch Benjamin, the-first
tation of Wandering Jew solely president of the Jewish Welfare
because they have seldom been Association in New Delhi.
It became clearer as Chana
allowed to settle permanently,"
and
I spoke, that the small,
said Benjamin Israel of Bombay,
a member of the congregation. close-knit community needed a
However, from the start, India permanent prayer-hall-cum-

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While many guests are young
couples in their 20s and early
30s, the inn's guests have in-
cluded some couples celebrating
25th or even 50th wedding an-
niversaries. Then, too, the inn is
a favorite for bridal couples who
get married on the Cape and
spend their wedding night there.

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