Mattancherry Paradesi Synagogue

Local nameCochin Jewish Synagogue
LocationKochi

The Paradesi Synagogue aka Cochin Jewish Synagogue or the Mattancherry Synagogue is a synagogue located in Mattancherry Jew Town, a suburb of the city of Kochi, Kerala, in India. It was built in 1568 A.D. by Samuel Castiel, David Belila, and Joseph Levi for the flourishing Paradesi Jewish community in Kochi. Cochin Jews were composed mainly of the much older Malabari Jews and the newly arrived Sephardic refugees from the Portuguese religious persecution of Jews in Spain and Portugal. It is the oldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations. Paradesi is a word used in several Indian languages, and the literal meaning of the term is "foreigners", applied to the synagogue because it was built by Sephardic or Portuguese-speaking Jews, some of them from families exiled in Aleppo, Safed and other West Asian localities.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradesi_Synagogue

Official Website https://www.keralatourism.org/kochi/paradeso-synagogue-mattancherry.php

Address Cochin, India

Coordinates 9°57'26.937" N 76°15'33.486" E

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