India:
Historic Jewish cemetery recognized as national heritage site
Despite only three Jews remaining in the city, a court rejects developers' attempts to seize the land and upholds the historic cemetery's protected status.
Despite only three Jews remaining in the city, a court rejects developers' attempts to seize the land and upholds the historic cemetery's protected status.

Indian police have arrested a 32-year-old man suspected of setting fire to a compound adjacent to the historic Kadavumbhagam Synagogue in Kochi, India.

Queenie Hallegua, second-to-last Jewish resident of historic Indian Jewish community, dies at 89.


2,500-year-old Indian Jewish community requests government recognition as minority group.
