Take a walk down the street here in coastal Kochi’s “Jew street” today and you’ll find bustling Kasmiri storefronts selling Persian antiques, pashmina shawls and traditional Islamic handicrafts — a stark contrast to the neighborhood’s heyday when every household was Jewish. “There are only two people left in Jew Town,” said Shalva Weil, a senior […]
Christabel Lobo
JTA correspondent