<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Apr 5 2009, 08:38 AM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Apr 5 2009, 08:38 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Someone should ask the AmeriKKKan chronicle to get their christoliar "Sunita Paul" to <b>give irrefutable evidence for at least this one grand claim she makes: that Hindus (yes, she is hinting at Hindus) have "virtually eliminated the Jewish population in Cochin</b>" and that there's been "rape of scores of ... Jewish girls and women by the fanatic members of Bharatiya Janata Party, VHP, Bajrang Dal and others".[right][snapback]96106[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->In spite of the christonazi lying, the facts about the bold bit are as follows:
From "The online database of Jewish Communities", page <b>The Jewish Community of Cochin</b>
http://www.bh.org.il/Communities/Archive/Cochin.asp
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Under the Portuguese rule (1502-1663), the Jews of Cochin could not have survived had it not been for the protection and liberty afforded them by the Rajah of Cochin, who welcomed the new Jewish immigrants, allotted them land to build their homes and synagogues - in the proximity of his own palace in Mattancheri, now known as Jew town - and granted them religious and cultural autonomy.</b> He appointed a hereditary Mudaliar ("chief") from among the Jews as their recognized spokesman and invested him with special privileges and prerogatives and with jurisdiction in all internal matters of the communal organization of the Cochin Jews, though without any political power. This office continued in force under the Rajah and even the Dutch. The first Mudaliar is said to have been Baruch Joseph Levi of Cranganore, who was succeeded by his son, Joseph Levi. The title and position of the Mudaliar was then acquired by the Castiel family. The Jews of Cochin repaid the benevolence of the Rajah by helping him in his military struggles with neighboring enemies, earning a reputation as courageous and loyal fighters. They refused, however, to go to battle on the Sabbath. Most of the Mudaliars became the Rajah's close advisers, and assisted him in diplomatic and economic affairs.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Cochin Jews showed their sympathy with the emerging modern Zionist movement under Theodor Herzl, in a letter wishing Herzl success, written in Cochin in 1901 by Naphtali Eliahu Rahabi (Roby). In 1923, the first Zionist organization was founded in Cochin, and the Jews sent representatives to the Zionist Federation in London and even appointed I. Zangwill as their representative to one of the Zionist congresses, being themselves unable to send a delegate.
<b>In 1948, most of the 2,500 Jews that lived in Cochin emigrated to Eretz Israel leaving less than 100 there. The magnificent 16th century Paradesi synagogue in Cochin still exists.</b>
In 1970, the Jews from Cochin in Israel numbered approximately 4,000.The magnificent 16th century Paradesi synagogue in Cochin is still in use.
In 1997, there were 6,000 Jews living in India, most of them in and around Bombay. The magnificent 16th century Paradesi synagogue in Cochin still exists.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And again, even wacky has to admit:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin_Jews
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Cochin Jews today</b>
<b>Today most of Cochin's Jews have emigrated (principally to Israel).</b> Large groups have settled in the Moshav of Nevatim in the Negev (southern Israel) and Moshav of Yuval in the North, in the neighborhood of Katamon in Jerusalem, in Beer Sheva, Dimona and Yeruham. In both places there are Cochin synagogues. In Kerala there are still three synagogues; the one at Mattancherry, Cochin is still functioning.
<b>Historically, part of the decline in Kerala's Jewish population can also be attributed to conversion. [5] Jews who converted during the time of St. Thomas and later, became Kerala's Nasrani or St. Thomas Christians. [5] While Jewish heritage is most readily observed among the Knanaya Christian-Jews of Kerala, elements of Jewish practice are present in most St. Thomas Christian denominations.</b> [5]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->So, it turns out that the christians eliminated the Jews, just like they eliminated them everywhere else. How unexpected.
And again, according to their stories of earlier arrivals, it was Hindus that helped them, and it was the muslims and the christos (in this case, the christians of Portugal) who attacked and persecuted them. Note how a Hindu raja saves them again:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Jews came to Kerala and settled as early as 700 BC for trade. An old, but not particularly reliable, tradition says that Jews of Cochin came in mass to Cranganore (an ancient port, near Cochin) after the destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E. A chieftain by the name of Joseph Rabban, according to local tradition, was granted a principality over the Jews of Cochin by the Chera Emperor of Kerala, Bhaskara Ravivarman II [3]. His descendents had, in effect, their own principality (called Anjuvannam in Indian sources) for many centuries until a chieftainship dispute broke out between two brothers (one of them named Joseph Azar) in the 15th century. The dispute led neighboring princes to dispossess them. <b>In 1524, the Muslims, backed by the ruler of Calicut (today called Kozhikode), attacked the Jews of Cranganore on the pretext that they were tampering with the pepper trade. Most Jews fled to Cochin and went under the protection of the Hindu Raja there.</b> He granted them a site for their own town that later acquired the name "Jew Town" (by which it is still known).
Hebrew inscription at the Paradesi Synagogue in Cochin.
<b>Unfortunately for the Jews of Cochin, the Portuguese occupied Cochin in this same period and indulged in persecution of the Jews until the Dutch displaced them in 1660.</b> The Dutch Protestants were tolerant, and the Jews prospered. In 1795 Cochin was occupied by and came under the control of the British Empire. In the 19th century, Cochin Jews lived in the towns of Cochin, Ernakulam, Aluva and North Paravur.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And contrast the christoislamic terrorism against Indian Jews with how Hindus treated them, as per Cochin-Jewish narratives of their settlement in Kerala:
http://adaniel.tripod.com/cochin.htm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>As a gratitude for their contribution to the kingdom, the ruler Sri Parkaran Iravi Vanmar gave to the head of the Jewish community Joseph Rabban the village of Anjuvannam and pronounced him the Prince of this village.</b> These Jewish rulers had all the rights preserved to the ruling families of the Indian kingdoms. But till today there isnât an agreement among the scholars on the exact date when this âJewish kingdomâ was established. Different scholars give different dates to the establishment of this principality. Some claim it to be in the 4 century A. D. Others claim it to be at a much later period around10 century A. D. According to the Cochini Jews the âprincely rightsâ (written on copper plates and therefore called Copper Plates) were given to them in 379 A. D.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp...id=558&letter=C
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Earliest Mentionâthe "Sâsanam."
The earliest trace of the Cochin Jews is to be found in two bronze tablets known as the "Sâsanam" (Burnell, "Indian Antiquary," iii. 333-334), which are now in the possession of one of the elders and contain <b>a charter given by Cheramal Perumal, King of Malabar, to Isuppu Irabbân (Joseph Rabban), probably a Jew of Yemen who led an expedition of Jews to Cranganore about the year 750.</b> By the terms of the charter, engraved in Vaá¹á¹eluttu characters on the plate, Rabban, who is referred to as the prince of Ansuvannam, was granted seventy-two "free houses" and feudal rights in Ansuvannam, near Cranganore. <b>The date of the charter can be fixed at about 750; it can not, for paleographical reasons, have been much earlier than this, nor later than 774, since a grant made to the Nestorian Christians at that time was copied from it.</b>
(see image) Jews of Cochin.(From a photograph.)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Christianism breeds genocidal maniacs who then become liars (like Sunita Paul, no doubt a covert christo if not an overt one) when they want to transpose their crimes against humanity onto innocent Natural traditionalists.
From "The online database of Jewish Communities", page <b>The Jewish Community of Cochin</b>
http://www.bh.org.il/Communities/Archive/Cochin.asp
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Under the Portuguese rule (1502-1663), the Jews of Cochin could not have survived had it not been for the protection and liberty afforded them by the Rajah of Cochin, who welcomed the new Jewish immigrants, allotted them land to build their homes and synagogues - in the proximity of his own palace in Mattancheri, now known as Jew town - and granted them religious and cultural autonomy.</b> He appointed a hereditary Mudaliar ("chief") from among the Jews as their recognized spokesman and invested him with special privileges and prerogatives and with jurisdiction in all internal matters of the communal organization of the Cochin Jews, though without any political power. This office continued in force under the Rajah and even the Dutch. The first Mudaliar is said to have been Baruch Joseph Levi of Cranganore, who was succeeded by his son, Joseph Levi. The title and position of the Mudaliar was then acquired by the Castiel family. The Jews of Cochin repaid the benevolence of the Rajah by helping him in his military struggles with neighboring enemies, earning a reputation as courageous and loyal fighters. They refused, however, to go to battle on the Sabbath. Most of the Mudaliars became the Rajah's close advisers, and assisted him in diplomatic and economic affairs.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Cochin Jews showed their sympathy with the emerging modern Zionist movement under Theodor Herzl, in a letter wishing Herzl success, written in Cochin in 1901 by Naphtali Eliahu Rahabi (Roby). In 1923, the first Zionist organization was founded in Cochin, and the Jews sent representatives to the Zionist Federation in London and even appointed I. Zangwill as their representative to one of the Zionist congresses, being themselves unable to send a delegate.
<b>In 1948, most of the 2,500 Jews that lived in Cochin emigrated to Eretz Israel leaving less than 100 there. The magnificent 16th century Paradesi synagogue in Cochin still exists.</b>
In 1970, the Jews from Cochin in Israel numbered approximately 4,000.The magnificent 16th century Paradesi synagogue in Cochin is still in use.
In 1997, there were 6,000 Jews living in India, most of them in and around Bombay. The magnificent 16th century Paradesi synagogue in Cochin still exists.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And again, even wacky has to admit:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin_Jews
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Cochin Jews today</b>
<b>Today most of Cochin's Jews have emigrated (principally to Israel).</b> Large groups have settled in the Moshav of Nevatim in the Negev (southern Israel) and Moshav of Yuval in the North, in the neighborhood of Katamon in Jerusalem, in Beer Sheva, Dimona and Yeruham. In both places there are Cochin synagogues. In Kerala there are still three synagogues; the one at Mattancherry, Cochin is still functioning.
<b>Historically, part of the decline in Kerala's Jewish population can also be attributed to conversion. [5] Jews who converted during the time of St. Thomas and later, became Kerala's Nasrani or St. Thomas Christians. [5] While Jewish heritage is most readily observed among the Knanaya Christian-Jews of Kerala, elements of Jewish practice are present in most St. Thomas Christian denominations.</b> [5]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->So, it turns out that the christians eliminated the Jews, just like they eliminated them everywhere else. How unexpected.
And again, according to their stories of earlier arrivals, it was Hindus that helped them, and it was the muslims and the christos (in this case, the christians of Portugal) who attacked and persecuted them. Note how a Hindu raja saves them again:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Jews came to Kerala and settled as early as 700 BC for trade. An old, but not particularly reliable, tradition says that Jews of Cochin came in mass to Cranganore (an ancient port, near Cochin) after the destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E. A chieftain by the name of Joseph Rabban, according to local tradition, was granted a principality over the Jews of Cochin by the Chera Emperor of Kerala, Bhaskara Ravivarman II [3]. His descendents had, in effect, their own principality (called Anjuvannam in Indian sources) for many centuries until a chieftainship dispute broke out between two brothers (one of them named Joseph Azar) in the 15th century. The dispute led neighboring princes to dispossess them. <b>In 1524, the Muslims, backed by the ruler of Calicut (today called Kozhikode), attacked the Jews of Cranganore on the pretext that they were tampering with the pepper trade. Most Jews fled to Cochin and went under the protection of the Hindu Raja there.</b> He granted them a site for their own town that later acquired the name "Jew Town" (by which it is still known).
Hebrew inscription at the Paradesi Synagogue in Cochin.
<b>Unfortunately for the Jews of Cochin, the Portuguese occupied Cochin in this same period and indulged in persecution of the Jews until the Dutch displaced them in 1660.</b> The Dutch Protestants were tolerant, and the Jews prospered. In 1795 Cochin was occupied by and came under the control of the British Empire. In the 19th century, Cochin Jews lived in the towns of Cochin, Ernakulam, Aluva and North Paravur.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And contrast the christoislamic terrorism against Indian Jews with how Hindus treated them, as per Cochin-Jewish narratives of their settlement in Kerala:
http://adaniel.tripod.com/cochin.htm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>As a gratitude for their contribution to the kingdom, the ruler Sri Parkaran Iravi Vanmar gave to the head of the Jewish community Joseph Rabban the village of Anjuvannam and pronounced him the Prince of this village.</b> These Jewish rulers had all the rights preserved to the ruling families of the Indian kingdoms. But till today there isnât an agreement among the scholars on the exact date when this âJewish kingdomâ was established. Different scholars give different dates to the establishment of this principality. Some claim it to be in the 4 century A. D. Others claim it to be at a much later period around10 century A. D. According to the Cochini Jews the âprincely rightsâ (written on copper plates and therefore called Copper Plates) were given to them in 379 A. D.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp...id=558&letter=C
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Earliest Mentionâthe "Sâsanam."
The earliest trace of the Cochin Jews is to be found in two bronze tablets known as the "Sâsanam" (Burnell, "Indian Antiquary," iii. 333-334), which are now in the possession of one of the elders and contain <b>a charter given by Cheramal Perumal, King of Malabar, to Isuppu Irabbân (Joseph Rabban), probably a Jew of Yemen who led an expedition of Jews to Cranganore about the year 750.</b> By the terms of the charter, engraved in Vaá¹á¹eluttu characters on the plate, Rabban, who is referred to as the prince of Ansuvannam, was granted seventy-two "free houses" and feudal rights in Ansuvannam, near Cranganore. <b>The date of the charter can be fixed at about 750; it can not, for paleographical reasons, have been much earlier than this, nor later than 774, since a grant made to the Nestorian Christians at that time was copied from it.</b>
(see image) Jews of Cochin.(From a photograph.)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Christianism breeds genocidal maniacs who then become liars (like Sunita Paul, no doubt a covert christo if not an overt one) when they want to transpose their crimes against humanity onto innocent Natural traditionalists.
Death to traitors.