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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 ...