Purim and protest: The role of effigies in Cochin Jewish tradition
A new study on the unique Purim traditions of the Cochin Jewish community by Prof. Shalva Weil, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain, from Hebrew University, published in the ...
Role reversal, effigy burning, and cultural syncretism: Purim in Cochin
The unique Purim traditions of Cochini Jews have slowly faded from memory following their arrival in Israel and integration ...
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Jewish Synagogue
in South India is one of seven synagogues of the Malabar Yehudan people or Cochin Jewish community in the Kingdom of Cochin. The literal meaning of the term ‘Pardesi’ is “foreigners ...
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Stone inscription in southern India reveals evidence of region’s oldest synagogue
Jewish groups in the region have history in India dating back to antiquity ... the 9th and 10th centuries.The earliest group were the Cochin Jews, who claim ancestry back to the time of the ...
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Shalom Bollywood: The untold story of Jews in Indian cinema
The Jewish community of India is the fourth largest Asian Jewish ... the Baghdadi Jews of Iraq, and the Cochin Jews of Malabar. It is also the only community, according to Danny, that was ...
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Diocese of Cochin
Cochin has the highest density of telephones in India. Almost everyone has a mobile phone ... All most all major religions, including Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Jewish, Jainism and ...
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Purim and protest: The role of effigies in Cochin Jewish tradition
While their presence in India has nearly vanished, the legacy of Cochin Jews continues to thrive in Israel and beyond. More information: Shalva Weil, Effigies, religion and reversals in the ...