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Paradesi Synagogue (Cochin, India)
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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…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Cochin, Cochin (Ernakulam, India)

Date:

1568

Subjects:

Synagogue, Community, Bene Israel, Art, Aesthetics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Decorative Arts
Exterior photograph of intersecting walls of stone buildings with tile roofs.
Notisias dos Judeos de Cochim (Report on the Jews of Cochin)
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Moved by the fraternal love nourished in my…

Contributor:

Moses Pereyra de Paiva

Places:

Cochin, Cochin (Ernakulam, India)

Date:

1687

Subjects:

Travel, Community, Synagogue, Communal organizations, Writing

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Travel Writing, Reportage