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Entrance to the Paradesi synagogue with candelabra lit up (IMAGE)
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Cochin Jews at the 450th year celebration of the Paradesi synagogue, December 2017 (IMAGE)
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Queenie Hallegua, second-to-last Jewish resident of historic Indian Jewish community, dies at 89
Hallegua and her late husband were the caretakers of Kochi’s 450-year-old synagogue. Four years ago, when a Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent visited Kochi, India, researcher Shalva Weil ...
Purim and protest: The role of effigies in Cochin Jewish tradition
With only one Paradesi Jew remaining there and a handful in other former Cochin Jewish locations, synagogue services now rely ...