A FRANCHISE COMMITTEE OF THE COCHIN GOVERNMENT TODAY RECOMMENDED DROPPING OF THE LONE JEWISH SEAT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON THE GROUND THAT THE SMALL JEWISH POPULATION, PUT AT 1,451 IN A TOTAL ...

A new study by Prof. Shalva Weil from the Seymour Fox School of Education at the Hebrew University reveals that the unique Purim traditions of the Cochin Jewish community, particularly the use of ...

Plans for the transfer to Israel of the entire Jewish community of Cochin, India, are being completed by the Jewish Agency, it was learned here today. The community, numbering about 2,000, will be ...

“I feel like an endangered species, like a rhinoceros in a zoo,” Joseph Hallegua said with the faint helplessness of an old patriarchal figure slowly losing control over his domain. The 70-something ...

Last week, in the sleepy port city of Cochin (pop. 35,076) on India’s Malabar coast, glittering strips of tinsel and Stars of David were strung over a narrow two-mile street known locally as “Jew Town ...

Sign up for City Lights, our twice-weekly guide to arts and nightlife in the D.C. area. It lands in your inbox every Sunday and Thursday. Before his spiral into ...

It's a snap to pinpoint the start of a new year, and next to impossible to decide when a story begins. On Friday, the year 5766 gives way to 5767, and Jews all over the world will celebrate Rosh ...