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 ...

The Jewish community in India was one of the smallest and least persecuted Jewish communities in the world; this led to a unique celebration of Purim, which often included members of other ...

“Even though there are only a few Jewish people still living in Kochi, till now they observe the laws of kashrut,” Sassoon said. In “Spice and Kosher: Exotic Cuisine of the Cochin Jews,” a ...

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The first to arrive, possibly in the last centuries BCE, were the Jews who settled in Cochin (now called Kochi), in south India. They remain a small but important presence in Kochi, a trading hub ...

Known as Malabari Jews, the families of traders moved south to present-day Kochi, previously known as Cochin, where they built the Kochangadi Synagogue, the area’s first Jewish house of worship.

KOCHI, India -- India's southern state of Kerala has been called "God's Own Country" and the "Spice Garden of India," and has attracted travelers for decades with its palm-lined backwaters, ...

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 ...