Kochi city in south India has turned into a favorite home for people who work from anywhere. It gives a good mix of low costs ...

For centuries, Cochin Jews marked Purim by burning effigies of Haman, while the holiday represented the day when Jews from all backgrounds celebrated together ...

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

In stark contrast, in Israel, where an estimated 15,000 descendants of Cochin Jews now reside, Purim is celebrated in ways that reflect broader Jewish and Western cultural traditions.

But the Cochin Jews have stoutly preserved their religious Orthodoxy, even though the community so far as it is known has never had a rabbi. (Many isolated Jewish colonies in India get along ...

Known as Malabari Jews, the families of traders moved south to present-day Kochi, previously known as Cochin, where they built the Kochangadi Synagogue, the area’s first Jewish house of worship.

Last Jewish Woman In Kochi Dies Queenie Hallegua (89) died on Sunday and her funeral was held at the Jewish cemetery here following the rituals of the community.

Kerala, in southwestern India, played a crucial role in the ancient spice trade. On a return visit to his ancestral home, one writer finds a place both changed and eternal.

Communal lore tells that the Cochin Jews of Kerala arrived on the subcontinent in the 5th century BCE, following the destruction of Solomon’s temple and the Babylonian Exile. Christians in the same ...