(OT)Re: [HSF] Broken femur

[Tea Acuff]

Why did so many leave?
tea


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From: psimha <prasannasimha at gmail.com>
To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 9:00:26 PM
Subject: Re: (OT)Re: [HSF] Broken femur


There are only 13 families maintaining the Kochi synagogue at present. 
The rest have migrated to Israel !!
Prasanna
Rwmfglycar at aol.com wrote:
> Dear Prasanna, 
> Christian legend has it that St Thomas, who was on a mission to gain  
> converts to Christianity, was met by a Jewish congregation that had arrived  there 
> during the Syrian Diaspora. St Thomas' mission was very successful as  judged by 
> the surnames one encounters in Kerala such as Thomas, John, Mathew,  Paul and 
> so on, and the Syriac Christian Church which had a real presence  for 
> centuries. I was told that the Jewish population was augmented during the  Spanish 
> Inquisition but since the founding of Israel has dwindled and that there  has 
> been a melding of various Christian sects in the last few decades. I could  go 
> on about Kerala which I visited in the 80's and found fascinating,
> Bob
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