Pakistan’s only declared Jew hopes to ‘chase away the darkness’ | ynet

He was tortured, ostracized and kicked out of his home, but refused to give up his persistent struggle to covert to Judaism, a crime punishable by death in his Muslim country. In an exclusive interview, Fishel Benkhald talks about the price he paid for his stubbornness and shares his dream of visiting Israel and opening a kosher restaurant in Karachi. ‘After so many years in the dark,’ he declares, ‘I’m coming out and saying: Look at me, I’m a Jew.’