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Jews 
The contact of the Jews with Kerala coast has a long history beginning
as early as the time of Moses, the great Jewish-law giver. Their maritime
and commercial contacts steadily continued and developed. Jewish settlements
came up in many coastal centres, one in Baypur. They paid tribute to the
local rajas, who conferred on them certain privileges and ranks. Their
earliest settlement was at Cranganore. Later they came to Cochin where
they built the famous Jew town and the Synagogue in 1567. Though they
form only a negligible minority their contact with the land is long and
marked.
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