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 ...

Traditionally, an effigy of Haman was constructed, paraded through the streets, and then beaten, stoned, and eventually ...

By the twentieth century, Cochin Jews increasingly aligned themselves with the global Jewish community. Following the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the majority of Cochin Jews ...