The Cochin Jewish community, numbering no more than 2,400 at its peak in 1948, lived in harmony with their Hindu, Christian, and Muslim neighbors. Unlike other Jewish communities, they never ...

Hebrew University researchers published a new study in the Journal of Modern Jewish Studies describing many of the unique and particular celebrations of Purim by the Cochin Jewish community.

This is Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery and one of the largest in Europe, a sprawling forest of 83 acres and the final resting place of some 200,000 Jews. Since 1806, the cemetery has held ...

This is Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery and one of the largest in Europe, a sprawling forest of 83 acres and the final resting place of some 200,000 Jews. Since 1806, the cemetery has held ...

In stark contrast, in Israel, where an estimated 15,000 descendants of Cochin Jews now reside, Purim is celebrated in ways that reflect broader Jewish and Western cultural traditions.

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 ...

(JTA) — Authorities in Morocco completed a renovation of the historic Jewish cemetery in the city of Meknes, part of a broader overhaul of Jewish heritage sites that coincides with the country ...

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 ...

Other than his birthday and his date of death, not much at all is known about Howard, but that didn’t stop the Las Vegas Valley’s Jewish community from honoring Howard, along with 51 other indigent ...

Artson Engineering Ltd, a subsidiary of Tata Projects Ltd, will set up a passenger shipbuilding unit in Kochi in association with the state public sector Malabar Cements Ltd. A memorandum of ...

Antisemites are trying to make Jews go away by any means necessary. Violence, threats, intimidation, name-calling, dehumanization – it’s all designed to make Jews afraid to live their identity ...