A FRANCHISE COMMITTEE OF THE COCHIN GOVERNMENT TODAY RECOMMENDED DROPPING OF THE LONE JEWISH SEAT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON THE GROUND THAT THE SMALL JEWISH POPULATION, PUT AT 1,451 IN A TOTAL ...
For over two millennia, India offered a unique haven for Jewish communities, free from the persecution common elsewhere. From ...
In keeping with India's ancient tradition of warmth and hospitality to visitors, the Jewish community was welcomed in India ...
A new study by Prof. Shalva Weil from the Seymour Fox School of Education at the Hebrew University reveals that the unique Purim traditions of the Cochin Jewish community, particularly the use of ...
Prime Minister Indira Ghandi of India, greeted the Jewish community of Cochin on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of its synagogue yesterday. “May I offer my good wishes and say mazel tov to our ...
For many viewers, this may be the first time they’ve heard that there are Jews in India at all. In a digital ecosystem, awareness is currency. You can see it in the comments: astonishment, gratitude, ...
Last week, in the sleepy port city of Cochin (pop. 35,076) on India’s Malabar coast, glittering strips of tinsel and Stars of David were strung over a narrow two-mile street known locally as “Jew Town ...
“I feel like an endangered species, like a rhinoceros in a zoo,” Joseph Hallegua said with the faint helplessness of an old patriarchal figure slowly losing control over his domain. The 70-something ...
(JNS) The Jewish community of Kerala, India, better known as Cochin Jews, has been shrinking ever since most of its members emigrated to Israel. Those who remain claim to be “the oldest diaspora ...
The Jewish experience in India stands out in global history. It demonstrates that strong religious identity and pluralism need not be in tension. In India, Jews did not merely survive – they ...
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