Purim and protest: The role of effigies in Cochin Jewish tradition
The Cochin Jewish community, numbering no more than 2,400 at its peak in 1948, lived in harmony with their Hindu, Christian, ...
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Role reversal, effigy burning, and cultural syncretism: Purim in Cochin
The Jewish community in India was one of the smallest and least persecuted Jewish communities in the world; this led to a unique celebration of Purim, which often included members of other ...
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Cochin Jews at the 450th year celebration of the Paradesi synagogue, December 2017 (IMAGE)
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Jewish Synagogue
Known as the oldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations, the Pardesi synagogue located in Kochi, Kerala, in South India is one of seven synagogues of the Malabar Yehudan people or ...