No longer do the streets of Jew Town, Mattancherry, or Fort Cochin witness the parading of Haman's effigy. With only one Paradesi Jew remaining there and a handful in other former Cochin Jewish ...

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

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 ...

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

A group of Stockton University students recently toured Egg Harbor Township with two second-generation Holocaust survivors to ...

That’s the formula a distinguished panel of local Jewish community leaders say can best combat the rising tide of antisemitism that has pervaded our society in recent years. Speaking before over 200 ...

Brooklyn-based contemporary circus company ABCirque presents an acrobatic, family-friendly event where “everything’s accepted.” It’s nearly Purim — this year, the holiday begins on the ...

A pall of darkness continues to engulf the Mattancherry Ferry Jetty of the State Water Transport department (SWTD), even as ferries from Kochi city resumed services to the jetty on February 5 ...

Antisemites are trying to make Jews go away by any means necessary. Violence, threats, intimidation, name-calling, dehumanization – it’s all designed to make Jews afraid to live their identity ...