Sephardic Jews in India

Sephardic Jews came to Kochi (Cochin), India, almost directly after their expulsion from Spain.

Over the ensuing years, others came to India’s port cities – Mumbai (Bombay), Kolkata (Calcutta) and Chennai (Madras), among others – where they built communities and flourished commercially and culturally.

When the British left India, most of these Jews followed them to English-speaking lands, or moved to Israel.

Learn of their sojourn and the intriguing hybrid culture they created.