Floods literally broke down religious barriers in parts of Kerala with two groups of Muslim youths cleaning up two temples in Wayanad and Palakkad districts on Monday Many of them were fasting as the ...

Similarly, Cochin and Baghdadi Jews knew their roots were in Israel, and their migration was driven by a desire to return, not to escape persecution. When the State of Israel was established in ...

In Cochin, Jews would use straw, rags, and branches to build an almost human-size effigy depicting Haman, the evil minister of Persian King Ahasuerus, who plots to exterminate the Jewish people in ...

Shalva Weil, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain, from Hebrew University, published in the Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, examines the historical and cultural significance of ...

The guests had gathered to commemorate the 1900th anniversary of one of the smallest (100 people) but most resilient communities in the Dias pora: the Jews of Cochin. According to legend ...

Distinct from the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe, Sephardic traditions became dominant in Jewish communities in much of the Mediterranean and beyond. Jewish communities in India, such as the Bene ...

The tide turned in their favour when the Dutch replaced their European rival. But their real benefactor had been the Cochin royal family with which the Jews had had an enduring relationship that ...

THE LARGEST PART OF THE COCHIN JEWS ARE KNOWN AS “BLACK JEWS,” WHO DATE THEIR SETTLEMENT IN INDIA BACK TO THE THIRD CENTURY OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA. Help ensure Jewish news remains accessible to all.

The white Jews like the Koder and Hallegua families ... The entire operation was managed by a company called the Cochin Electric Company. It was a first-of-its-kind initiative and was set up ...

The localised practice of Judaism, the minhagim of Cochin Jews evolved over a millennia, Prof. Katz points out. Understanding it properly needs appreciation of Indian culture as well as ...

Beta Israel Jews in Ethiopia, and Cochin Jews in India. Sephardic Jews often have different customs than Ashkenazi Jews, including melodies for prayers, foods and forms of observance. For instance ...