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Separated by a narrow stretch of swamp-like waters, and distinguished by the colour of their skin, the Black Jews and the White Jews have been locked in a rancorous feud for centuries. Only now, when their combined number has diminished to less than 50 and they are on the threshold of extinction, have the two remaining Jewish communities in south India begun to realise that their destiny, and their undoing, is the same. Living in Cochin alongside this last generation, Edna Fernandes tells their story from the illustrious arrival of their ancestors from the court of King Solomon, through their long heyday of wealth, tolerance and privilege to their present twilit existence, as synagogues crumble into disuse and weddings disappear, leaving only funerals.Product Identifiers
PublisherGranta Books
ISBN-139781846270994
eBay Product ID (ePID)87381147
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Last Jews of Kerala
Publication Year2009
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
AuthorEdna Fernandes
Subject AreaSocial Organisations
Dimensions
Item Height200 mm
Item Weight190 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorEdna Fernandes