There are hardly any Jews of marriageable age left in Cochin and no children, since a mass migration to Israel in the 1940s and 1950s. A few families linger, remnants of a once-influential ...
It was only one year since Israel had been reborn. Cochin, India had a long history of providing refuge for Jews and sheltering them from bigotry and blind prejudice. Antisemitic voices ...
Oldest Commonwealth synagogue reopens after renovation, highlighting inter-faith cooperation and resilience of Jewish ...
There are about 85,000 Indian origin Jews in Israel. They include Cochin Jews and Paradesi Jews of Kerala, Baghdadi Jews from Mumbai and Kolkata, Bene Israel of Maharashtra and Bnei Menashe of ...
KOCHI: Kadavumbagam Synagogue, a once-forgotten Jewish synagogue built in the 1200s, was reopened to the public on Sunday.
India is home to 3 historically distinct Jewish communities: the Bene Israel (”Sons of Israel”), the Cochin Jews, and the Baghdadi Jews, and is projected to comprise 4,000–5,000 people now.