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Built in 1568, the Paradesi Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in India, as well as in the entire British Commonwealth. The land on which it was built was a gift from the Rajah of Cochin, Paraja, so…
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Cochin, Kingdom of Cochin
(Ernakulam, India)
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1568
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These Torah finials from Cochin, India, were made around 1565. Elegant and simple, made from metal, their surfaces appear to be hammered, with one adorned with a Hebrew inscription. The earliest…
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Cochin, Kingdom of Cochin
(Ernakulam, India)
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ca. 1565
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(State of Kerala, India)
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18th century
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Built in the early fifteenth century and rebuilt in 1614 following a fire, the Chendamangalam Synagogue served members of the Malabari Jewish community, descendants of Cochin’s earliest Jews, who are…
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Cochin, Kingdom of Cochin
(Ernakulam, India)
Date:
1614
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The Kadavumbagam Synagogue received its name (which means “by the side of the landing place”) from its peripheral location at the border of the Cochin Jewish neighborhood, where it served the Malabari…
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Cochin, Kingdom of Cochin
(Ernakulam, India)
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1539–1544, 17th–18th century
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(Kerala, India)
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1721