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    95722; 76.25944 The Paradesi Synagogue aka Cochin Jewish Synagogue or the Mattancherry Synagogue (Malayalam: പരദേശി ജൂതപള്ളി) is a synagogue located in Mattancherry...
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    started intermarrying. The Paradesi Jews had built three Paradesi synagogues and cemeteries. In 1500, the first Madras Synagogue and cemeteries was built...
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    Karaite synagogue The Paradesi Synagogue in Kochi, India The Great Choral Synagogue in Kyiv, Ukraine Great Synagogue of Rome, Italy Abuhav synagogue, Israel...
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  • Only the Paradesi Synagogue in Mattancherry and the Kadavumbhagam Ernakulam Synagogue in Ernakulam downtown still functions as a synagogue and are popular...
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    the Paradesi synagogue still has a regular congregation. Today it also attracts tourists as a historic site. The Kadavumbhagam Ernakulam Synagogue was...
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    significance, including the Paradesi Synagogue- which was the centre of life in the Jewish Quarter. In addition to the Cochin Jews and Paradesi Jews, Mattanchery...
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    Madras Synagogue is the only Synagogue in Tamil Nadu, it was built by Jacques (Jaime) de Paiva (Pavia) a Paradesi Jew of Madras. Madras Synagogue was also...
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    Mappilas)—regarded as "the first mosque of India"—and Paradesi Synagogue (1568 CE)—the oldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations—were built in Kerala...
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    in the courtyard wall of the Paradesi Synagogue of Mattancherry, maintained by the Paradesi Jews. The Kochangadi Synagogue was mostly likely built in the...
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    unearthed and are kept on display. The Paradesi Synagogue (1568 AD) in Kochi, Kerala. It is the oldest Jewish synagogue in India that is still in active use...
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  • Kadavumbhagam Mattancherry Synagogue (1539 AD) and the Paradesi Synagogue (1568 AD) of the Paradesi Jews of Cochin. The name of the synagogue is believed to refer...
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    the Paradesi jews of Cochin. The name of the synagogue is believed to refer to a much older synagogue that once stood in Kodungaloor. This synagogue is...
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    the Old Synagogue in Erfurt, Germany date to the late 11th century The 15th century Old Synagogue in Kraków, Poland Cochin Paradesi Synagogue (1568) in...
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    equipped with floodlights for night play. Jewish Synagogue, or the Paradesi Synagogue, is the oldest synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations, located in Kochi...
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    lowest of the Cochin Jewish informal caste ladder. The Paradesi came to use the Paradesi Synagogue; while they allowed the meshuchrarim as Jews to worship...
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    remained in Kerala with only two synagogues open for service: the Pardesi Synagogue in Matancherry built in 1567 and the synagogue in Parur.[citation needed]...
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    with a Torah scroll that is occasionally used for services. The Paradesi Sephardic Synagogue at Mattancherry also has Torah scrolls, but was established much...
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  • a subordinate position in the Paradesi Synagogue in Cochin. Given the cultural differences between them, the Paradesi Jews and the older communities...
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    Madras Synagogue is the only synagogue in Madras and it was built by Jacques (Jaime) de Paiva (Pavia) a Paradesi Jew of Madras. Madras Synagogue was also...
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  • (last Rabbi of Madras Synagogue) and his wife Rebecca Cohen, Paradesi Jews of Madras Mr. Cohen, his German wife, and children, Paradesi Jews of Madras Foreign...
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  • The oldest surviving Jewish synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations is the Kadavumbhagam Synagogue and the Paradesi Synagogue in Kochi, Kerala. Culture...
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    existed even before the death of the Muhammad and Paradesi Synagogue, which is the oldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations. Recognising the...
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  • donating the land to the Yehuden Mappilla community to construct the Paradesi Synagogue in 1568. Thampuran, Rameshan (2007). "Emergence Of Kingdom of Cochin...
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  • Malayalam song, the synagogue was put to fire in 1662, most likely by the Portuguese, at around the same time when the Paradesi Synagogue near Fort Kochi...
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    Karl Damschen (category Synagogues in Kerala)
    year old Paradesi Synagogue in the historic Jew Town of Kochi. Clock tower of the Paradesi synagogue (2011) Plaquette in the Paradesi synagogue Clock tower...
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    The interior of the Paradesi Synagogue in Cochin....
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    in Cochin. Their Synagogue (the Pardesi Synagogue) was destroyed by the Portuguese. The Kerala Jews rebuilt the Paradesi synagogue in 1568. The Inquisition...
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    called Cochin Kogin (Hebrew: קוגין), which is seen in the seal of the synagogue owned by the community. The Arab merchants called this place Kashi, which...
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    Kadavumbhagam Mattancherry Synagogue Kadavumbhagam Ernakulam Synagogue Paradesi Synagogue: Constructed in 1567, only active synagogue in the Kochi. Chinese...
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    carefully preserved in an iron box, known as the Pandeal, within the Paradesi Synagogue at Mattancherry (Cochin). The plate is engraved in vernacular of medieval...
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