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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Queenie Hallegua, second-to-last Jewish resident of historic Indian Jewish community, dies at 89
Hallegua and her late husband were the caretakers of Kochi’s 450-year-old synagogue. Four years ago, when a Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent visited Kochi, India, researcher Shalva Weil ...
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Purim and protest: The role of effigies in Cochin Jewish tradition
Today, the once-thriving Cochin Jewish community on the Malabar Coast is nearly extinct, and traditional Purim celebrations have all but disappeared. No longer do the streets of Jew Town ...