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Genetic testing into the origins of the Cochin Jewish and other Indian Jewish communities noted that until the present day the Indian Jews maintained in the range of 3%-20% Middle Eastern ancestry, confirming the traditional narrative of migration from the Middle East to India. The tests noted however that the communities had considerable ...
currently hosts a business "Cochin Blossoms" by the present owner Mr. Elias (Babu) Josephai; it is undergoing restoration as of 2018; [10] open to visits [11] [12]. The synagogue was restored and restarted operations in 2025. Thekkumbhagam Ernakulam Synagogue [13] Jew Street, Ernakulam, Kochi
The Kadavumbhagham Ernakulam Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Kochi, in the Ernakulam district in the state of Kerala, India.. Established in 1200 CE [1]: 15:247 and restored several times on the same site, [2] it is the oldest synagogue of the Malabar Jews with a Sefer Torah scroll and offering occasional services. [3]
Levy was the Jewish Mudaliyar of the Cochin Jews. It is believed to have been demolished by the army of Tipu Sultan during his raids into Kerala in 1789, during the Second Anglo-Mysore War . [ 7 ] Added to that, Muslim dominance in the area may have forced the Kochangadi Jews to relocate further north to Jew Town in Mattancherry.
Salem was born in 1882 to a Jewish family in Cochin (Kingdom of Cochin), then a princely state in British India and now part of the Indian state of Kerala.His family were regarded as Meshuchrarim, a Hebrew word used, sometimes neutrally and sometimes with derogatory intent, to denote a manumitted slave or her descendants.
The Jewish Merchant-Colony in Madras (Fort St. George) during the 17th and 18th Centuries: A Contribution to the Economic and Social History of the Jews in India (Concluded) Walter J. Fischel; The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History edited by W. Rubinstein, Michael A. Jolles; Harikrishnan, Charmy (23 November 2008).
Many Jews from Portuguese Goa fled to Bombay, and Portuguese Cochin in Kerala where they joined the Malabar Yehudan. [7] The start of Dutch rule in 1663 eased the pressure on the Jewish community in the Malabar region. [8] [9] [10] [11]
It was built in 1568 by the Malabar Yehudan people or Cochin Jewish community in the Kingdom of Cochin. It is also referred to as the Cochin Jewish Synagogue or the Mattancherry Synagogue. The synagogue is located in the quarter of Old Cochin known as Jew Town, [9] and is the only one of the seven synagogues in the area still in use. The ...