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Queenie Hallegua, second-to-last Jewish resident of historic Indian Jewish community, dies at 89
Queenie Hallegua was the warden and managing trustee of the Paradesi Synagogue, a 450-year-old landmark, from 2012 to 2018. She was also managing partner, until 2011, of the S. Koder House ...
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India’s Jew Town only has a handful of Jews left. But Jewish traditions and landmarks remain.
From the blowing of the shofar inside the now 452-year-old Paradesi Synagogue on Rosh Hashanah to the annual Simchat Torah celebrations — an enormously popular three-day affair both in the ...
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Why Jews fought for separate statehood for Cochin
So was the synagogue of the Paradesi (White) Jews at the northern end of the Jew Town. The Malabari (Black) Jews had their own synagogue at the southern end of the Jew Town. The synagogue is ...
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Tale of the Jewish ‘Muthappan’ of Mattancherry
While the Paradesi Synagogue here is world-famous, there is a lesser-known ‘place of worship’ nearby. A stroll from Jew Town takes one to the densely populated neighbourhood of Chakkamadam.