KOCHI, India -- Down a narrow, stone-paved road in a quarter known here as "Jew Town," a woman with salt-and-pepper hair was sewing glittery beads onto the rim of a Jewish prayer cap. It was just ...

The main, organizing event here occurred in 1947, when India at once gained its independence from Britain and split into two countries -- Hindus remaining primarily in the main body of the ...

Jewish traders made their way east from the Middle East, following commercial routes to Calcutta, which was just emerging as a hub for British colonial trade, though, as Sillman says, "India has ...

Some 25,000 Cochini Jews live in Israel now, among 85,000 total Indian-Israelis. “We want to tell the world proudly about the rich Jewish life in India with your efforts we are working to ...

Some Asian American Jews come from long-standing Jewish communities in Asia. The two most famous of these are the Kaifeng Jews of the Henan Province in China and the Jewish communities of India.

Yesterday, Anne Cherian wrote about visiting the synagogue of the Cochin Jews in India. Her blog posts are featured on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning ...

One of Israel’s top defense contractors has opened a new cutting-edge subsidiary in Hyderabad, India, expanding its footprint in southeast Asia. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) built the new ...