The Times of Israel4d
The Maharaja’s Speech – The Question of Dual Loyalty
Jewish presence in Cochin is believed to date from Jewish seafaring ... He is a former Yeshivah student and served with the IDF in the Sinai. He is the author of hundreds of articles in ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency18y
Cochin’s last Kohen dies
COCHIN, India, Sept. 13 (JTA) — The Jewish community of Cochin has witnessed a series of “ends of eras” during its 500-year history on India’s southwestern coast. Last Friday marked yet ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency4y
India’s Jew Town only has a handful of Jews left. But Jewish traditions and landmarks remain.
The city of Kochi, a multicultural crossroads at the heart of the spice trade, was once home to thousands of Jews who fused Jewish and Indian identity. KOCHI, India (JTA) — Take a walk down this ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs8d
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox face arrest for draft evasion in IDF crackdown
(photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Jerusalem Post) Only 461 Haredi men reported to IDF recruitment offices of the 3,000 who received draft orders, according to data presented to the Knesset’s ...
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Tale of the Jewish ‘Muthappan’ of Mattancherry
possibly due to the insistence of European Jews. However, they have reappeared in the recent Israeli edition of the Shingly Mahzor. According to Johann Kuruvilla of the Kochi Heritage Project ...