The Cochin Jews – Israel’s Oldest Indian Community

When the State of Israel was declared by David Ben Gurion on 14 May 1948, the Jewish community of Cochin, in southwestern India, were ready to immigrate. “Their whole purpose was to immigrate to Israel and that was their goal”, says Mira Elia of the Cochin Jewish Heritage Centre in Nevatim, in t…

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