Whatever way you look at it, the Jewish community of Cochin is an ancient one. If you rely on traditional lore, the Jews of the city of Cochin in southwestern India can trace their roots there all the ...

“Most of them, however, do not identify as Cochin Jews anymore,” she said. It is unclear when the community stopped creating and burning effigies as part of their Purim celebrations.

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 ...

In ‘Cochin’, MK Das chronicles the history of the small port town in Kerala. From the Dutch, Portuguese, British rule to present-day Communism.

In 1492, a group of Sephardic Jews expelled from the Iberian Peninsula came to Cochin; and since then the community has continued to assimilate incredibly successfully. During Portuguese ...

Today, few Cochin Jews believe their community can last more than several decades. “This is our last blaze of light before we vanish,” said one male leader of the colony.

1 cup vegetable oil or ghee 2 cups sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup ground blanched almonds 1 cup ground coconut 1 teaspoon freshly ground cardamom Dash salt 5 to 6 drops red food coloring ...

The Jewish community of Kerala, India, better known as Cochin Jews, has been shrinking ever since most of its members emigrated to Israel. Those who remain claim to be “the oldest diaspora ...

A group of 48 Indian Jews arrived here last night on a plane chartered by the Jewish Agency. It was announced that the first planeload of Cochin Jews will arrive here February 7 and that a regular ...

COCHIN IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERNMOST PART OF INDIA, ON THE MALABAR COAST, AND IS RULED BY THE MAHARAJA OF COCHIN. THE LARGEST PART OF THE COCHIN JEWS ARE KNOWN AS “BLACK JEWS,” WHO DATE THEIR ...

Once a vibrant community of approximately 3,000 at its peak in the 1950s, only a handful of elderly Jews remain here now in a city of some 677,000. According to Weil, there really is no community ...