ETHNONYMS: Cochinis, Malabar ("Black") Jews, Paradesi ("Foreign" or "White") Jews
See also Bene Israel
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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
Mordechai, Shlomo (2014). "Order of Mourning in Cochin Jewish Tradition." (Bilingual - English & Hebrew). Tamarind Tree Books, Toronto.