In 1533, Leonor Caldeira, a Jewish woman who had been forced to convert to Christianity, moved from Lisbon, the Portuguese Empire’s capital, to Cochin in South India, hoping to escape the ...

Jews in Cochin, India. May 13, 2016 For 900 years there was a small Jewish community on India’s Malabar Coast, living at peace with its Hindu, Muslim and Christian neighbors.

As part of my discovery of the Jews of incredible India, I flew to a very popular destination of Jewish India – the historic and serene city of Cochin, now called Kochi, in the southern state of ...

The remaining families of another ancient Jewish community, that of Cochin in India, will soon be brought to Israel, S. Z. Shragai, head of the Jewish Agency’s immigration department, ...

(JTA) In Kochi, India, take a walk down this coastal city’s “Jew street” today and you’ll find bustling Kasmiri storefronts selling Persian antiques, pashmina shawls and tra… ...

The Jewish community of Kerala, India, better known as Cochin Jews, has been shrinking ever since most of its members emigrated to Israel. Those who remain claim to be “the oldest diaspora ...

More information: Shalva Weil, Effigies, religion and reversals in the celebration of Purim by Cochin Jews, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies (2024). DOI: 10.1080/14725886.2024.2411344 Provided by ...

The Jews of Cochin, a state on the west coast of India, are planning to celebrate the 400th anniversary of their main synagogue in 1968, it was announced at a press conference here today by Samuel ...

The last Jews of Cochin: Jewish identity in Hindu India. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1993. Segal, J. B. The History of the Jews of Cochin. London: Vallentine Mitchell, 1993.

When it comes to Jewish history in India, there are several communities usually discussed. The oldest are the Cochin Jews of Kerala on southwest India’s Malabar coast.