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 ...

The unique Purim traditions of Cochini Jews have slowly faded from memory following their arrival in Israel and integration ...

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 ...

KOCHI, India -- India's southern state of Kerala has been called "God's Own Country" and the "Spice Garden of India," and has attracted travelers for decades with its palm-lined backwaters, ...

“India is one of the very few countries in the world where there’s been absolutely no tradition of antisemitism,” Dasgupta noted. “Jewish communities like the Cochin Jews and Baghdadi Jews ...

In India, for example, Jewish communities such as the **Bene Israel** and **Cochin Jews** lived for centuries without persecution, coexisting peacefully with Hindu and Buddhist neighbors.

Also called the Dutch Palace, the Mattancherry Palace is a Portuguese palace in Mattancherry, which has now been converted ...

The Copper Plates are kept today in the Paradesi Synagogue in Jewtown, Cochin (Kerala), India. Western Jewish eyes are quick to misinterpret “Jewtown” as an epithet. It is not. Jews have lived ...

Once deeply embedded in their communal identity in India, these traditions faded as the community integrated into the broader global Jewish experience. While Cochin Jewry no longer exists as a ...

Munnar is a hill station that is famous for its tea plantations, rolling hills, and cool climate. Head over to the Eravikulam ...