As the sun set over Kochi’s historic Jew Town neighborhood, Keith Hallegua donned a gray kippah and began a solitary walk to ...

Jewish history is often told through exile, expulsions, and persecution. Yet in India, the story unfolded differently. For more than two millennia, Jewish communities have lived in India without ...

In this week’s podcast episode of Lost Cultures: Living Legacies, we explore the rich history of Kolkata's Baghdadi Jewish community. Host Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure's associate editorial ...

Indian officials are urging the tens of thousands of Indian Jews living in Israel to visit their home country. To encourage Jewish and Israeli tourism in India, the Indian government has funded the ...

(JTA) — Four years ago, when a Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent visited Kochi, India, researcher Shalva Weil said only two Jews were still living in Jew Town, a vibrant community where perhaps ...

A new study on the unique Purim traditions of the Cochin Jewish community by Prof. Shalva Weil, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain, from Hebrew University, published in the ...

KOCHI, India -- Down a narrow, stone-paved road in a quarter known here as "Jew Town," a woman with salt-and-pepper hair was sewing glittery beads onto the rim of a Jewish prayer cap. It was just ...

It was the most-asked question whenever we mentioned our Study Mission for the National Young Leadership Cabinet (NYLC) of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA). It’s the question I kept ...

The interior of the Magen David Synagogue in Kolkata. In this week’s podcast episode of Lost Cultures: Living Legacies, we explore the rich history of Kolkata's Baghdadi Jewish community. Host Alisha ...