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Ruby of Cochin, An Indian Jewish Woman Remembers

Ruby of Cochin, An Indian Jewish Woman Remembers

by Ruby Daniel

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 211 PAGES

This fascinating memoir by a Cochin-born Jewish woman (who emigrated to Israel in her seventies) recalls the many pleasures and complications of Jewish life in India. Not so long ago, the Cochin ghetto was a thriving, populous community, where Jews lived unremarkably, like any other caste.  (IDA184, $28.95)


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