Sarah Jacob Cohen | |
Birth Date: | 1922 9, df=y |
Death Place: | Mattancherry, Kochi, Kerala, India |
Known For: | Oldest Kerala Jew |
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Spouse: | Jacob Cohen |
Sarah Jacob Cohen[1] [2] (September 4, 1922 – August 30, 2019) was the oldest living member of Kochi’s Jewish community,[3] visited by The British royal family at Mattancherry, Kochi in November 2013. She was a prominent member of the Jewish Community that arrived in Mattancherry, Kochi, in the south Indian state of Kerala, over 500 years ago, from Europe,[4] who was dedicated to keeping alive simple Jewish traditions like the humble kippah making in a far flung Jewish outpost. Cohen had a number of relatives living in Sydney, Australia, including her brother Julian Cohen.She died on August 30, 2019, at the age of 96.[5]