India Collection at The Magnes

The "India Collection" at The Magnes in Berkeley, California includes ritual objects, synagogue furnishings, clothing and textiles, manuscripts, Hebrew and Jewish books printed in India, Hebrew and Jewish books found in the Jewish community of Cochin, India, after its residents emigrated to Israel in the 1950's, and archival documents about the process of their immigration.

Manuscript: Women's Malayalam Jewish song notebook from Kochi (Kerala, India)

This manuscript from the "India Collection" of The Magnes belonged to Mrs. Leah Hallegua of Kochi (Kerala, India). It includes women's poems and songs in Malayalam, occasionally with Hebr...

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