Paradesi Jews

Tags: Ethnic Group.

Paradesi Jews (Malayalam: പരദേശി യെഹൂദൻ Paradēśi Yehūdan) are a community of Sephardic Jews settled among the larger Cochin Jewish community located in Kerala a coastal southern state of India. They were followers of Halakhic Judaism and are known in Kerala as Juda Mappilas.

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language: Hebrew language, Judaeo-Spanish, Judeo-Malayalam
population place: India
related: Cochin Jews, Sephardic Jews in India
religion: Judaism
total population: 12

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