After centuries in India, the last Cochin Jews try to keep their history alive
Kochi's historic Jew Town now has only two remaining Jewish congregants. These individuals strive to preserve their community's centuries-old heritage and traditions. Many Jews migrated to Israel in the 1950s, leaving behind their homes. Non-Jewish neighbo…
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Kochi's historic Jew Town now has only two remaining Jewish congregants. These individuals strive to preserve their community's centuries-old heritage and traditions. Many Jews migrated to Israel in the 1950s, leaving behind their homes. Non-Jewish neighbo…
KOCHI: As the sun set over Kochi's historic Jew Town neighborhood, Keith Hallegua donned a gray kippah and began a solitary walk to the synagogue at the end of his cobbled street.It was Shavuot, the …
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