User:Zion Torah Centre

The Zion Torah Centre is a Religious Zionist Organization located in Erode, Tamil Nadu, India. This Centre was founded by William Devasahayam, manager of The State Bank of India, in 1972. Initially the Centre was functioning under the name " The Friends of Israel " where Mr. Devasahayam and his friends would gather around to pray for the State of Israel whenever it faced crises and wars. Mr.Devasahayam's grandfather was a Baghdadi Jew who married a local christian women. The Devasahayam's had a fur hat which their grandfather used for a very long time till the fur fell off. Mr. Devasahayam died in 1979 leaving his family. The youngest of the Devasahayams was Samuel Dhinakaran Devasahayam who renamed the club to " Zion Torah Centre ". Samuel was a highly talented man. Samuel has visited Israel more than 6 times. Samuel married Anne Sheela, from Coimbatore in 1999. They have three children, Moshe Daniel ( named after Moshe Dayan, Israeli Army Cheif) Jerusha Rosalind ( named after Jerusalem, the capital of Isral) and Rivka Nesamani ( named after Rivkah Holtzberg who was murdered during the Taj attacks in 2008). Samuel and Anne was very successful in running the Centre. Hosting guests from Israel, America, France, China, Cananda and South Africa. Many of them were the young Israelis who had just finished their IDF. Unfortunately Samuel passed away due to a heart attack in March 21, 2018. His son Moshe Devasahayam is running the Centre, teaching people about Zionism and Judaism. Moshe is the youngest jewish leader of South India.