Vibrant festivals and cultural works are what keep Kochi buzzing in summer. Discover historical sites, boat across a few ...

If cities had personalities, Cochin would be that effortlessly charming raconteur at a dinner party—one who has seen it all, from colonial conquests to spice-laden trade routes, yet remains ...

piety and reverence for Kochi Jews who had migrated to Israel when they revisit the Paradesi Synagogue at Mattancherry on December 6. The synagogue is celebrating 450 years and the Jews ...

The Paradesi Synagogue serves as a major Jewish tourist attraction. The Jews in this region of Kerala go by different names: Paradesi, Malabari, Baghdadi, Cochin, Indian. But time is quietly ...

An inside view of the synagogue. KOCHI: The Paradesi Synagogue, a monument of the financial prowess of Jewish traders, was also a witness to the sufferings of the Jews in Kerala during the reign ...

During Portuguese persecution in the 16th Century, they were granted sanctuary by the Hindu Rajah of Cochin, Keshava Rama Varma. The present day Paradesi synagogue was built in 1568 on land ...

(JTA) — Four years ago, when a Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent visited Kochi, India, researcher Shalva Weil said only two Jews were still living in Jew Town, a vibrant community where ...

A reunion of everyone who has a connection with not only the synagogue but also the city,” said David Hallegua, a member of the Cochin Synagogue Trust. “It is not a formal function.

Clad in a silk maxi dress, her head covered with a green scarf, 94-year-old Sarah Cohen was wheeled into the Paradesi synagogue in Jew Town in Kochi’s Mattancherry on December 6. She was ...

During Portuguese persecution in the 16th Century, they were granted sanctuary by the Hindu Rajah of Cochin, Keshava Rama Varma. The present day Paradesi synagogue was built in 1568 on land ...