Purim and protest: The role of effigies in Cochin Jewish tradition
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 ...
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Jewish Synagogue
in South India is one of seven synagogues of the Malabar Yehudan people or Cochin Jewish community in the Kingdom of Cochin. The literal meaning of the term ‘Pardesi’ is “foreigners ...
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Stone inscription in southern India reveals evidence of region’s oldest synagogue
Jewish groups in the region have history in India dating back to antiquity ... the 9th and 10th centuries.The earliest group were the Cochin Jews, who claim ancestry back to the time of the ...
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Diocese of Cochin
Cochin has the highest density of telephones in India. Almost everyone has a mobile phone ... All most all major religions, including Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Jewish, Jainism and ...
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Footloose in Kochi: Exploring an Indian cultural gem
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, ...
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Queenie Hallegua, second-to-last Jewish resident of historic Indian Jewish community, dies at 89
On Sunday, one of those two survivors died: Newspapers in India reported that Queenie ... there were seven synagogues in the Cochin area and a Jewish population that exceeded 1,000.