With only one Paradesi Jew remaining there and a handful in other former Cochin Jewish locations, synagogue services now rely on visiting Jewish tourists, and the once-vibrant Purim revelry has ...

The rights and privileges were inscribed on Copper Plates. The Copper Plates are kept today in the Paradesi Synagogue in Jewtown, Cochin (Kerala), India. Western Jewish eyes are quick to ...

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The two major Jewish communities in the region were the Paradesi Jews, who were made up of refugees from Spain and Portugal following the expulsion edict in 1492, and the Cochin or Malabar Jews ...

KOCHI—If the old-timey trams on the city's main street are not enough to jar visitors out of the 21st century, the models' distinct rumbling characteristic of railway tech from a bygone era ...

A fake plan to attack on a Sydney synagogue using a caravan of explosives was fabricated by an organized crime network in order to divert police resources, Australian police said on Monday.

Kochi’s location on the southwest coast of India made it an attractive port for merchants for centuries, and Romans, Arabs, Chinese and Europeans have all left their mark here. In the historic ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- A man from Utah accused of making online threats to shoot up a prominent Manhattan synagogue was stopped Friday evening at the Lincoln Tunnel on the way into New York City ...

SYDNEY, March 10 (Reuters) - A fake plan to attack on a Sydney synagogue using a caravan of explosives was fabricated by an organised crime network in order to divert police resources, Australian ...