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Paradesi Jews

Paradesi Jews were Jewish people who immigrated to the Indian subcontinent during the 15th and 16th centuries following the expulsion of Jews from Spain. Paradesi refers to the Malayalam word that means foreign[2] as they were newcomers. These Sephardic (from Spain and Portugal) immigrants fled forced conversion,[citation needed] persecution and antisemitism in the wake of the Alhambra Decree expelling Jews from Spain, and King Manuel's 1496 decree expelling Jews from Portugal. They are sometimes referred to as "White Jews", although that usage is generally considered pejorative or discriminatory and refers to relatively recent Jewish immigrants (end of the 15th century onward), predominantly Sephardim.[3]

Paradesi Jews
Djudios Paradesi
Portrait of David Henriques De Castro, by Gabriel Haim Henriques De Castro (1838-1897)
Regions with significant populations
 Israel700
 India52[1]
Languages
Initially Ladino, later Judeo-Malayalam, Tamil, now mostly Hebrew and English
Religion
Orthodox Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Spanish and Portuguese Jews
Sephardic Jews in India
De Castro family
Henriques family
Cochin Jews
Indian Jews
Desi Jews

During the 18th and 19th centuries Paradesi Jews were Sephardi immigrants to the Indian subcontinent from Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries[4][5] who fled forced conversion, persecution and antisemitism.

The Paradesi Jews of Cochin traded in spices. They are a community of Sephardic Jews settled among the larger Cochin Jewish community located in Kerala, a coastal southern state of India.[3]

Paradesi Jews of Madras (now Chennai) traded in Golconda diamonds, precious stones and corals. They had very good relations with the rulers of Golkonda, because they maintained trade connections to some foreign countries (e.g. Ottoman empire, Europe), and their language skills were useful. Although the Sephardim spoke Ladino (i.e. Judeo-Spanish), in India they learned Tamil and Konkani as well as Judeo-Malayalam from the Cochin Jews, also known as Malabar Jews.[6][full citation needed]

After India gained its independence in 1947 and Israel was established as a nation, most of the Malabar Jews made Aliyah and emigrated from Kerala to Israel in the mid-1950s. In contrast, most of the Paradesi Jews preferred to migrate to Australia and other Commonwealth countries, similar to the choices made by Anglo-Indians.[7]

History of Madras (Chennai) Jews

 
Plan of Fort St George and the city of Madras in 1726, b.Jews Burying Place is the location of Second Madras Synagogue and Jewish Cemetery Chennai.Bartolomeo Rodrigues Tomb in Four Brothers Garden
 
The 1921 Census of British India shows 45 Jews living in Madras.
 
Rabbi Salomon Halevi (Last Rabbi of Madras Synagogue) and his wife Rebecca Cohen (Najran Jew)
 
Mr. Cohen (Najran Jew), his German wife, and children, Paradesi Jews of Madras
 
Paradesi Jews of Madras
 
Paradesi Jews of Madras at EIC garden
 
Paradesi Jews of Madras at Fort St. George

The East India Company (EIC) wanted to break the monopoly of Portugal in trading with Golconda diamonds and precious stones from the mines of Golkonda. The EIC entered India around 1600 and had built the Fort St. George (White Town) fortress by 1644[8][full citation needed] at the coastal city of Madras, now known as Chennai.

EIC policy permitted only its shareholders to trade in Golconda diamonds and precious stones from the mines. The Company considered the Madras Jews to be interlopers because they traded separately through their Jewish community connections.[9]

Madras Jews specialised in Golconda diamonds, precious stones and corals.[10] They had very good relations with the rulers of Golkonda and this was seen as beneficial to Fort St. George, so Madras Jews were gradually accepted as honourable citizens of Fort St. George/Madras.[11][need quotation to verify]

Jacques de Paiva (Jaime Paiva), originally from Amsterdam and belonging to Amsterdam Sephardic community, was an early Jewish arrival and the leader of Madras Jewish community. He built the Second Madras Synagogue and Jewish Cemetery Chennai in Peddanaickenpet, which later became the South end of Mint Street,[12]

Jacques (Jaime) de Paiva (Pavia) established good relations with those in power and bought several Golconda diamond mines to source Golconda diamonds. Through his efforts, Jews were permitted to live within Fort St. George.[13]

Jacques (Jaime) de Paiva (Pavia) died in 1687 after a visit to his Golconda diamond mines and was buried in the Jewish cemetery which he had established in Peddanaickenpet, which later became the north Mint Street,[13] alongside the synagogue which also existed at Mint Street.[14]

After Jacques (Jaime) de Paiva (Pavia)'s death in 1687, his wife Hieronima de Paiva fell in love with Elihu Yale, Governor of Madras and went to live with him, causing quite a scandal within Madras’ colonial society. Governor Elihu Yale later achieved fame when he gave a large donation to the University of New Haven in Connecticut, which was then named after him — the Yale University. Elihu Yale and Hieromima de Paiva had a son, who died in South Africa.[15]

In 1670, the Portuguese population in Madras numbered around 3000.[citation needed] Before his death he established ‘The Colony of Jewish Traders of Madraspatam’ with Antonio do Porto, Pedro Pereira and Fernando Mendes Henriques.[13] This enabled more Portuguese Jews, from Leghorn, the Caribbean, London and Amsterdam to settle in Madras.[citation needed] Coral Merchant Street was named after the Jews' business.[16]

Three Portuguese Jews were nominated to be aldermen of Madras Corporation.[17] Three - Bartolomeo Rodrigues, Domingo do Porto and Alvaro da Fonseca - also founded the largest trading house in Madras. The large tomb of Rodrigues, who died in Madras in 1692, became a landmark in Peddanaickenpet but was later destroyed.[18]

Samuel de Castro came to Madras from Curaçao in 1766 and Salomon Franco came from Leghorn.[13][19]

Isaac Sardo Abendana (1662–1709), who came from Holland, died in Madras. He was a close friend of Thomas Pitt and may have been responsible for the fortune that Pitt amassed.[13]

Portuguese Jews were used as diplomats by the East India Company to expand English trading. Avraham Navarro was the most prominent of these.[20]

In 1688, the famous Sephardi poet Daniel Levy de Barrios wrote a poem in Amsterdam, with historical and geographical meaning. His information was usually most precise and drawing upon him we may receive a panorama of Sephardi life in the seventeenth century. There were six Jewish communities — Nieves, London, Jamaica, fourth and fifth in two parts of Barbados, and the sixth in Madras-Patan.[21][22]

During the 18th and 19th centuries Yemenite Jews started coming to Madras via Cochin. They were very religious. Some came from Najran. They were Rabbis and jewelry-makers.[12]

From the 19th centuries Yemenite Jews and Portuguese Jews started intermarrying.[12][21]

Paradesi synagogues and cemeteries

The Paradesi Jews had built three Paradesi synagogues and cemeteries.

In 1500 the first Madras Synagogue and cemeteries was built by the Amsterdam Sephardic community in Coral Merchant Street, George Town, Madras, which had a large presence of Portuguese Jews in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Neither the synagogue nor the Jewish population remains today.[23]

In 1568 the first Cochin Paradesi Synagogue and cemetery was built in Cochin-Jew Street, adjacent to Mattancherry Palace, Cochin, now part of the Indian city of Ernakulam, on land given to them by the Raja of Kochi.[24]

In 1644 the second Madras Synagogue and Jewish Cemetery Chennai was built by Jacques (Jaime) de Paiva (Pavia) also from Amsterdam Sephardic community in Madras, Peddanaickenpet, which later became the south end of Mint Street,[13] It was demolished by local government in 1934 and the tombstones were moved to the Central Park of Madras along with the gate of the cemetery on which Beit ha-Haim (the usual designation for a Jewish cemetery, literally "House of Life") were written in Hebrew.[25] The tombstones were moved again in 1979[citation needed] to Kasimedu, when a government school was approved to be built. In 1983, they were moved to Lloyds Road, when the Chennai Harbour expansion project was approved.[14] In this whole process seventeen tombstones went missing, including that of de Paiva.[26]

Last Jewish Business House and Trust of Chennai, Owned by Henriques De Castro Family

  • HDC Transports, Henriques De Castro family.
  • HDC Industrial and management consultants, Henriques De Castro family.
  • Isaac and Rosa Charitable Trust, Henriques De Castro family.

Places named after Madras (Chennai) Jews

 
Holocaust Memorial of Isaac & Rosa Henriques Decastro, erected by C. N. Annadurai Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
  • Isaac Street was named after Isaac Henriques De Castro, who was killed in the Holocaust.[27]
  • Pereira Street was named after Pedro Pereira, a member the colony of Jewish traders of Madraspatam.[13]
  • Coral Merchant Street was named after Jewish settlement.[16]
  • De Caster Main Road was named after De Castro family (Portuguese Jew).[28]

Notable Madras (Chennai) Jews

  • Jacques de Paiva – The first Madras Jewish community leader, he built the Second Madras Synagogue and Jewish Cemetery Chennai in Madras, Peddanaickenpet.[13][14]
  • Bartolomeo Rodrigues – Among 12 aldermen who founded Madras Corporation[13]
  • Domingo do Porto – Among 12 aldermen who founded Madras Corporation[13]
  • Alvaro da Fonseca – Among 12 aldermen who founded Madras Corporation[13]
  • Above Four were called four brothers, they had their own garden in which Bartolomeo Rodrigues Tomb was built[21]
  • Plan of Fort St George and the city of Madras in 1726, shows Four Brothers Garden and Bartolomeo Rodrigues Tomb[21]
  • Antonio do Porto – The Colony of Jewish Traders of Madraspatam[13]
  • Pedro Pereira – The Colony of Jewish Traders of Madraspatam[13]
  • Fernando Mendes Henriques – The Colony of Jewish Traders of Madraspatam[13]
  • Avraham Navarro – Prominent Jewish diplomat of East India Company[29]
  • Samuel de Castro – Founder of De Castro Trading house.[13][19]
  • Salomon Franco – Founder of De Castro Trading house.[13][19]
  • Isaac Sardo Abendana – Best Diamond Appraiser[13]
  • Isaac Henriques De Castro - Close friend of C. N. Annadurai Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu[21]
  • Rabbi Salomon Halevi[30] - Last Rabbi of Madras Synagogue[21]

Madras (Chennai) Jewish surnames (partial list)

Image gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ Census of India 2001
  2. ^ Lobo, Christabel. "India's Jew Town only has a few Jews left, but traditions and landmarks remain". www.timesofisrael.com.
  3. ^ a b Yisra'el, Muzeon (1995). Slapak, Orpa (ed.). The Jews of India: A Story of Three Communities. UPNE. p. 28. ISBN 965-278-179-7. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  4. ^ "VI- November 30: Commemorating the expulsion of Jews from Arab lands".
  5. ^ Hoge, Warren (5 November 2007). "Group seeks justice for 'forgotten' Jews". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  6. ^ Katz 2000; Koder 1973; Thomas Puthiakunnel 1973
  7. ^ Weil, Shalva. From Cochin to Israel, Jerusalem: Kumu Berina, 1984. (Hebrew)
  8. ^ Roberts, J: "History of the World" (Penguin, 1994).
  9. ^ Sudan, Rajani (2016). The Alchemy of Empire: Abject Materials and the Technologies of Colonialism. Oxford University Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-82327-067-5. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  10. ^ Gill, Liz (1 September 2011). "Chennai: Where life is enshrined". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  11. ^ Muthiah, S., ed. (2008). Madras, Chennai: A 400-year Record of the First City of Modern India. Vol. 1. Palaniappa Brothers. p. 183. ISBN 978-8-18379-468-8. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  12. ^ a b c "The last family of Pardesi Jews in Madras « Madras Musings | We Care for Madras that is Chennai".
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Muthiah, S. (3 September 2007). "The Portuguese Jews of Madras". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  14. ^ a b c Sundaram, Krithika (31 October 2012). "18th century Jewish cemetery lies in shambles, craves for attention". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  15. ^ "The Portuguese Jewish Community of Madras, India, in the Seventeenth Century".
  16. ^ a b Muthiah, S. (30 September 2002). . The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 March 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  17. ^ Muthiah, S. (2014). Madras Rediscovered. Westland. ISBN 978-9-38572-477-0. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  18. ^ Parthasarathy, Anusha (3 September 2013). "Lustre dims, legacy stays". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  19. ^ a b c d e "Chennai". International Jewish Cemetery Project. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  20. ^ Fischel, Walter J. (1956). "Abraham Navarro: Jewish Interpreter and Diplomat in the Service of the English East India Company (1682-1692)". Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research. 25: 39–62. doi:10.2307/3622342. JSTOR 3622342.
  21. ^ a b c d e f "சிறப்புக் கட்டுரை: அமைதியை விரும்பும் யூதர்!".
  22. ^ "The Portuguese Jewish Community of Madras, India, in the Seventeenth Century". 11 April 2010.
  23. ^ Muthiah, S. (2004). Lakshmi, C. S. (ed.). The Unhurried City: Writings on Chennai. Penguin Books India. p. 30. ISBN 9780143030263. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  24. ^ "Paradesi Synagogue". Kerala Tourism. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  25. ^ Arbell, Mordechai. "The Portuguese Jewish Community Of Madras, India, In The Seventeenth Century". Sefarad.org. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  26. ^ Sampath, Janani (10 May 2016). . DT Next. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  27. ^ Parthasarathy, N.S. (9 February 2018). "The last family of Pardesi Jews in Madras". Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  28. ^ "Our Readers Write". Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  29. ^ Fischel, Walter J. (1956). "Abraham Navarro: Jewish Interpreter and Diplomat in the Service of the English East India Company (1682-1692)". Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research. 25: 39–62. doi:10.2307/3622342. JSTOR 3622342.
  30. ^ a b c "Madras Rabbi Salomon Halevi and Rebecca Cohen B".
  31. ^ Fischel, Walter J. (1956). "Abraham Navarro: Jewish Interpreter and Diplomat in the Service of the English East India Company (1682-1692)". Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research. 25: 39–62. doi:10.2307/3622342. JSTOR 3622342.
  32. ^ "Another term in Chennai: Toyah, farewell!".

Further reading

  • Diamonds and Coral: Anglo-Dutch Jews and Eighteenth-Century Trade New edition by Gedalia Yogev (Author)
  • Renascent Empire?: The House of Braganza and the Quest for Stability in Portuguese Monsoon Asia C.1640-1683 by Glenn Joseph Ames
  • Global Trade and Commercial Networks: Eighteenth-Century Diamond Merchants By Tijl Vanneste
  • Goods from the East, 1600-1800: Trading Eurasia By Felicia Gottmann, Hanna Hodacs, Chris Nierstrasz
  • The Jewish Merchant-Colony in Madras (Fort St. George) during the 17th and 18th Centuries: A Contribution to the Economic and Social History of the Jews in India (Concluded) Walter J. Fischel
  • The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History edited by W. Rubinstein, Michael A. Jolles
  • Harikrishnan, Charmy (23 November 2008). "The Last Tribe: A lament for the dying Jewry in Kerala". The Indian Express. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Paradesi Jews news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Paradesi Jews were Jewish people who immigrated to the Indian subcontinent during the 15th and 16th centuries following the expulsion of Jews from Spain Paradesi refers to the Malayalam word that means foreign 2 as they were newcomers These Sephardic from Spain and Portugal immigrants fled forced conversion citation needed persecution and antisemitism in the wake of the Alhambra Decree expelling Jews from Spain and King Manuel s 1496 decree expelling Jews from Portugal They are sometimes referred to as White Jews although that usage is generally considered pejorative or discriminatory and refers to relatively recent Jewish immigrants end of the 15th century onward predominantly Sephardim 3 Paradesi JewsDjudios ParadesiPortrait of David Henriques De Castro by Gabriel Haim Henriques De Castro 1838 1897 Regions with significant populations Israel700 India52 1 LanguagesInitially Ladino later Judeo Malayalam Tamil now mostly Hebrew and EnglishReligionOrthodox JudaismRelated ethnic groupsSpanish and Portuguese JewsSephardic Jews in IndiaDe Castro familyHenriques familyCochin JewsIndian JewsDesi JewsThis article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia s quality standards You can help The talk page may contain suggestions July 2020 During the 18th and 19th centuries Paradesi Jews were Sephardi immigrants to the Indian subcontinent from Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries 4 5 who fled forced conversion persecution and antisemitism The Paradesi Jews of Cochin traded in spices They are a community of Sephardic Jews settled among the larger Cochin Jewish community located in Kerala a coastal southern state of India 3 Paradesi Jews of Madras now Chennai traded in Golconda diamonds precious stones and corals They had very good relations with the rulers of Golkonda because they maintained trade connections to some foreign countries e g Ottoman empire Europe and their language skills were useful Although the Sephardim spoke Ladino i e Judeo Spanish in India they learned Tamil and Konkani as well as Judeo Malayalam from the Cochin Jews also known as Malabar Jews 6 full citation needed After India gained its independence in 1947 and Israel was established as a nation most of the Malabar Jews made Aliyah and emigrated from Kerala to Israel in the mid 1950s In contrast most of the Paradesi Jews preferred to migrate to Australia and other Commonwealth countries similar to the choices made by Anglo Indians 7 Contents 1 History of Madras Chennai Jews 2 Paradesi synagogues and cemeteries 3 Last Jewish Business House and Trust of Chennai Owned by Henriques De Castro Family 4 Places named after Madras Chennai Jews 5 Notable Madras Chennai Jews 6 Madras Chennai Jewish surnames partial list 7 Image gallery 8 See also 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksHistory of Madras Chennai Jews Edit Plan of Fort St George and the city of Madras in 1726 b Jews Burying Place is the location of Second Madras Synagogue and Jewish Cemetery Chennai Bartolomeo Rodrigues Tomb in Four Brothers Garden The 1921 Census of British India shows 45 Jews living in Madras Rabbi Salomon Halevi Last Rabbi of Madras Synagogue and his wife Rebecca Cohen Najran Jew Mr Cohen Najran Jew his German wife and children Paradesi Jews of Madras Paradesi Jews of Madras Paradesi Jews of Madras at EIC garden Paradesi Jews of Madras at Fort St George The East India Company EIC wanted to break the monopoly of Portugal in trading with Golconda diamonds and precious stones from the mines of Golkonda The EIC entered India around 1600 and had built the Fort St George White Town fortress by 1644 8 full citation needed at the coastal city of Madras now known as Chennai EIC policy permitted only its shareholders to trade in Golconda diamonds and precious stones from the mines The Company considered the Madras Jews to be interlopers because they traded separately through their Jewish community connections 9 Madras Jews specialised in Golconda diamonds precious stones and corals 10 They had very good relations with the rulers of Golkonda and this was seen as beneficial to Fort St George so Madras Jews were gradually accepted as honourable citizens of Fort St George Madras 11 need quotation to verify Jacques de Paiva Jaime Paiva originally from Amsterdam and belonging to Amsterdam Sephardic community was an early Jewish arrival and the leader of Madras Jewish community He built the Second Madras Synagogue and Jewish Cemetery Chennai in Peddanaickenpet which later became the South end of Mint Street 12 Jacques Jaime de Paiva Pavia established good relations with those in power and bought several Golconda diamond mines to source Golconda diamonds Through his efforts Jews were permitted to live within Fort St George 13 Jacques Jaime de Paiva Pavia died in 1687 after a visit to his Golconda diamond mines and was buried in the Jewish cemetery which he had established in Peddanaickenpet which later became the north Mint Street 13 alongside the synagogue which also existed at Mint Street 14 After Jacques Jaime de Paiva Pavia s death in 1687 his wife Hieronima de Paiva fell in love with Elihu Yale Governor of Madras and went to live with him causing quite a scandal within Madras colonial society Governor Elihu Yale later achieved fame when he gave a large donation to the University of New Haven in Connecticut which was then named after him the Yale University Elihu Yale and Hieromima de Paiva had a son who died in South Africa 15 In 1670 the Portuguese population in Madras numbered around 3000 citation needed Before his death he established The Colony of Jewish Traders of Madraspatam with Antonio do Porto Pedro Pereira and Fernando Mendes Henriques 13 This enabled more Portuguese Jews from Leghorn the Caribbean London and Amsterdam to settle in Madras citation needed Coral Merchant Street was named after the Jews business 16 Three Portuguese Jews were nominated to be aldermen of Madras Corporation 17 Three Bartolomeo Rodrigues Domingo do Porto and Alvaro da Fonseca also founded the largest trading house in Madras The large tomb of Rodrigues who died in Madras in 1692 became a landmark in Peddanaickenpet but was later destroyed 18 Samuel de Castro came to Madras from Curacao in 1766 and Salomon Franco came from Leghorn 13 19 Isaac Sardo Abendana 1662 1709 who came from Holland died in Madras He was a close friend of Thomas Pitt and may have been responsible for the fortune that Pitt amassed 13 Portuguese Jews were used as diplomats by the East India Company to expand English trading Avraham Navarro was the most prominent of these 20 In 1688 the famous Sephardi poet Daniel Levy de Barrios wrote a poem in Amsterdam with historical and geographical meaning His information was usually most precise and drawing upon him we may receive a panorama of Sephardi life in the seventeenth century There were six Jewish communities Nieves London Jamaica fourth and fifth in two parts of Barbados and the sixth in Madras Patan 21 22 During the 18th and 19th centuries Yemenite Jews started coming to Madras via Cochin They were very religious Some came from Najran They were Rabbis and jewelry makers 12 From the 19th centuries Yemenite Jews and Portuguese Jews started intermarrying 12 21 Paradesi synagogues and cemeteries EditThe Paradesi Jews had built three Paradesi synagogues and cemeteries In 1500 the first Madras Synagogue and cemeteries was built by the Amsterdam Sephardic community in Coral Merchant Street George Town Madras which had a large presence of Portuguese Jews in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Neither the synagogue nor the Jewish population remains today 23 In 1568 the first Cochin Paradesi Synagogue and cemetery was built in Cochin Jew Street adjacent to Mattancherry Palace Cochin now part of the Indian city of Ernakulam on land given to them by the Raja of Kochi 24 In 1644 the second Madras Synagogue and Jewish Cemetery Chennai was built by Jacques Jaime de Paiva Pavia also from Amsterdam Sephardic community in Madras Peddanaickenpet which later became the south end of Mint Street 13 It was demolished by local government in 1934 and the tombstones were moved to the Central Park of Madras along with the gate of the cemetery on which Beit ha Haim the usual designation for a Jewish cemetery literally House of Life were written in Hebrew 25 The tombstones were moved again in 1979 citation needed to Kasimedu when a government school was approved to be built In 1983 they were moved to Lloyds Road when the Chennai Harbour expansion project was approved 14 In this whole process seventeen tombstones went missing including that of de Paiva 26 Last Jewish Business House and Trust of Chennai Owned by Henriques De Castro Family EditHDC Transports Henriques De Castro family HDC Industrial and management consultants Henriques De Castro family Isaac and Rosa Charitable Trust Henriques De Castro family Places named after Madras Chennai Jews Edit Holocaust Memorial of Isaac amp Rosa Henriques Decastro erected by C N Annadurai Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Isaac Street was named after Isaac Henriques De Castro who was killed in the Holocaust 27 Pereira Street was named after Pedro Pereira a member the colony of Jewish traders of Madraspatam 13 Coral Merchant Street was named after Jewish settlement 16 De Caster Main Road was named after De Castro family Portuguese Jew 28 Notable Madras Chennai Jews EditJacques de Paiva The first Madras Jewish community leader he built the Second Madras Synagogue and Jewish Cemetery Chennai in Madras Peddanaickenpet 13 14 Bartolomeo Rodrigues Among 12 aldermen who founded Madras Corporation 13 Domingo do Porto Among 12 aldermen who founded Madras Corporation 13 Alvaro da Fonseca Among 12 aldermen who founded Madras Corporation 13 Above Four were called four brothers they had their own garden in which Bartolomeo Rodrigues Tomb was built 21 Plan of Fort St George and the city of Madras in 1726 shows Four Brothers Garden and Bartolomeo Rodrigues Tomb 21 Antonio do Porto The Colony of Jewish Traders of Madraspatam 13 Pedro Pereira The Colony of Jewish Traders of Madraspatam 13 Fernando Mendes Henriques The Colony of Jewish Traders of Madraspatam 13 Avraham Navarro Prominent Jewish diplomat of East India Company 29 Samuel de Castro Founder of De Castro Trading house 13 19 Salomon Franco Founder of De Castro Trading house 13 19 Isaac Sardo Abendana Best Diamond Appraiser 13 Isaac Henriques De Castro Close friend of C N Annadurai Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu 21 Rabbi Salomon Halevi 30 Last Rabbi of Madras Synagogue 21 Madras Chennai Jewish surnames partial list EditABENDANA SARDO 13 Cohen De Castro 13 19 DE PAIVA 13 Franco 13 19 Halevi 30 Helen Herzberg Henriques De Castro Henriques 13 HEYNEMANN JOSHUA Levi 30 Meyer NAVARRO 31 Pereira 13 RODRIGUES 13 do Porto 13 da Fonseca 13 Mendes 13 Salomon SALOMONS SOFAER 32 Toback WECHSLER Weichmann Wolf MoonienImage gallery Edit Indemnity note 1932 Issac Henriques De Castro Isaac Henriques De Castro Cheque 1930 Rabbi Salamon Halevi Fort St George Gazette 19 Dec 1956 Rabbi Salamon Halevi Pawnbroker ACT 1943 1 June 1955 Rabbi Salomon Halevi Inoculation tRabbi Salamon Halevi Madras Act No 30 of 1963 Rabbi Salomon Halevi War Damage Commission 7 Rabbi Salomon Halevi Registration of Vehicles Malacca 7a Rabbi Salomon Halevi Registration of Vehicles Malacca 7b Rabbi Salomon Halevi Air Sea passage sponsor 12 Rabbi Salomon Halevi Life Assurance 31 December 1942 Rabbi Salomon Levi Indian Relief Committee Rabbi Salomon Levi Prescription Rebecca Cohen 11 10 1913 Court Immoveables Declaration Rebecca Cohen 1940 Ownership Motor Vehicle Rebecca Cohen Madrsa Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1931a Rebecca Cohen Madrsa Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1931b Rebecca Cohen Indian Postal and Telegraphs License Rabbi Salomon Halevi Court Madras 1944a Rabbi Salomon Halevi Court Madras 1944b HDC Henriques De Castro Money lenders Receipt Rangoon 1950a HDC Levi Henriques De Castro Money lenders Henzada 12 March 1951 HDC Henriques De Castro Industrial and management consultants Madras 24 May 1957 HDC Henriques De Castro Transports Madras 24 May 1957 Cheque 7 June 1884 Levi Henriques De Castro Patta Receipt Fee Levi Henriques De Castro 1952 Letter Registered Levi Henriques De Castro Parry amp Co Rachel Halevi LetterSee also EditGathering of Israel History of the Jews in India Jewish Cemetery Chennai Madras Synagogue Meshuchrarim Jews of Cochin Synagogues in IndiaReferences Edit Census of India 2001 Lobo Christabel India s Jew Town only has a few Jews left but traditions and landmarks remain www timesofisrael com a b Yisra el Muzeon 1995 Slapak Orpa ed The Jews of India A Story of Three Communities UPNE p 28 ISBN 965 278 179 7 Retrieved 6 October 2018 VI November 30 Commemorating the expulsion of Jews from Arab lands Hoge Warren 5 November 2007 Group seeks justice for forgotten Jews The New York Times Retrieved 3 December 2012 Katz 2000 Koder 1973 Thomas Puthiakunnel 1973 Weil Shalva From Cochin to Israel Jerusalem Kumu Berina 1984 Hebrew Roberts J History of the World Penguin 1994 Sudan Rajani 2016 The Alchemy of Empire Abject Materials and the Technologies of Colonialism Oxford University Press p 69 ISBN 978 0 82327 067 5 Retrieved 6 October 2018 Gill Liz 1 September 2011 Chennai Where life is enshrined The Jewish Chronicle Retrieved 6 October 2018 Muthiah S ed 2008 Madras Chennai A 400 year Record of the First City of Modern India Vol 1 Palaniappa Brothers p 183 ISBN 978 8 18379 468 8 Retrieved 6 October 2018 a b c The last family of Pardesi Jews in Madras Madras Musings We Care for Madras that is Chennai a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Muthiah S 3 September 2007 The Portuguese Jews of Madras The Hindu Retrieved 6 October 2018 a b c Sundaram Krithika 31 October 2012 18th century Jewish cemetery lies in shambles craves for attention The New Indian Express Retrieved 6 October 2018 The Portuguese Jewish Community of Madras India in the Seventeenth Century a b Muthiah S 30 September 2002 Will Chennai s Jews be there The Hindu Archived from the original on 12 March 2003 Retrieved 6 October 2018 Muthiah S 2014 Madras Rediscovered Westland ISBN 978 9 38572 477 0 Retrieved 6 October 2018 Parthasarathy Anusha 3 September 2013 Lustre dims legacy stays The Hindu Retrieved 6 October 2018 a b c d e Chennai International Jewish Cemetery Project Retrieved 6 October 2018 Fischel Walter J 1956 Abraham Navarro Jewish Interpreter and Diplomat in the Service of the English East India Company 1682 1692 Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research 25 39 62 doi 10 2307 3622342 JSTOR 3622342 a b c d e f ச றப ப க 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