After centuries in India, the last Cochin Jews try to keep their history alive
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After centuries in India, the last Cochin Jews try to keep their history alive
KOCHI, India: 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 Jewish holiday commemorating God giving the Torah to Moses. Hallegua reached the 458-year-ol»»»
Last Jews of Kochi: A vanishing community fights to preserve centuries of Cochin Jewish heritage
Kochi: As the sun set over Kochi’s historic Jew Town neighbourhood, Keith Hallegua donned a grey kippah and began a solitary walk to the synagogue at the end of his cobbled street. It was Shavuot, the Jewish holiday commemorating God giving the Torah to Moses. Hallegua reached the 458-year-old Para»»»
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 neighbors now actively work to maintain the Jewish»»»
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