Last of the Jews in Cochin

I had no plan of doing anything wonderful today other than to enjoy the magnificient view that FORT KOCHI offered.We visited the oldest Synagogue(a jewish church) in Kerala.It was simply great.

Jew Street

Synagogue-Jewish Church

Her name.. Reema Salem..one of the last jews in Kerala

But all our plans changed when my friend Dhruv Nambiar put forward his wish of visiting the last jews of Jew Town(It was only then i came to know that the number of jews in Cochin were depleting).Well,we were all a bit reluctant to meet them after we heard from the local people that they were rude and didn't like anyone meeting them.But it was my friend Jackson Thomas who took the first step.He stood outside their door for some time which seem'd like ages to me.Then some one came out asking.."What do you want?".We expressed our interest.He went inside and came out with an old lady.She was a very fair........a jew,indeed.I first had a small doubt about the language we had to adopt to converse with her.......english perhaps.But my doubt melted away when i heard her speak pure malayalam..........much better than me!!!She spoke about her ancestors who came all the way from Israel and about her sons and daughters who are now settled in Canada.Her attitude towards us was so contradictory to what the local people said.She was so happy in her 80s......even allowed us to take a photograph with her which she used to refuse even journalists.

End of a day-Fort Kochi Beach 

Todays trip really was extremely refreshing........