Cochin Jew



ETHNONYMS: Cochinis, Malabar ("Black") Jews, Paradesi ("Foreign" or "White") Jews


See also Bene Israel

Bibliography

Katz, Nathan, and Ellen Goldberg (1989). "Asceticism and Caste in the Passover Observances of the Cochin Jews." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 62:53-82.


Mandelbaum, David G. (1975). "Social Stratification among the Jews of Cochin in India and in Israel." Jewish Journal of Sociology 17:165-210.


Velayudhan, P. A., et al. (1971). Commemorative Volume: Cochin Synagogue, Quatercentenary Celebration. Cochin: Kerala Historical Association.


Weil, Shalva J. (1982). "Symmetry between Christian and Jews in India: the Cnanite Christian and the Cochin Jews of Kerala." Contributions to Indian Sociology 16:175-196.


Weil, Shalva J. (1984). From Cochin to Eretz Israel (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Kumu Berina.

SHALVA J. WEIL

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Sassoon, Essie Dr., Menon Bala (2013). "Spice and Kosher: Exotic Cuisine of the Cochin Jews. Tamarind Tree Books, Toronto.

Mordechai, Shlomo (2014). "Order of Mourning in Cochin Jewish Tradition." (Bilingual - English & Hebrew). Tamarind Tree Books, Toronto.

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