My article will attempt to critically analyze the representation of history and identity in Ruby Daniel's memoir, Ruby of Cochin: An Indian Jewish Woman Remembers, published in 2002. It is a fundamental work as it is the first memoir "written by a Jewish woman from the Indian community of Cochin" (Irene Eber). Situated in the context of the Cochin Jews, Daniel attempts to connect a series of personal lived stories with larger national histories. Using the case study of Cochin Jews, the writer examines the historical socio-cultural representations to date and their underlying political agenda. Through his memoir, Daniel critically addresses questions such as: Who benefits from reclaiming authentic representations of the Jewish community in Kerala? What does authentic Jewish identity mean? The writer tries to answer these questions by focusing on the Jewish history of Cochin and the question of identity. Despite the fact that there have been some ancient and contemporary literary efforts on the Jewish community of Kerala, Daniel does not completely place his faith in them. He warns readers that: "Most of the stories written by modern writers are stories told by the so-called white Jews, those who brought this 'slavery' craze and felt superior to other Jews in Cochin" (Daniel 11). In her introduction to this work, Brabara Johnson makes clear how the writer, in her memoir, challenges the established notion of "freed slaves" or "meshuhrarim" in Kerala's Jewish community and states that the book "provides a particularly important corrective to the historical record” (Daniel XXIII). The Jewish community in India includes the Cochin Jews, the Bene Israel and the Baghdadis. Being the smallest...... in the center of the paper......ula and the formation of modern Jewish identities.” Jewish Social Studies 8.2/3 (Winter/Spring 2002): 153-61. November 28, 2013. Nissimi, “Memory, Community, and Mashhadi Jews During the Underground Studies.” Jewish Social Studies 9.3 (Spring/Summer 2003): 76-106. November 28, 2013. Park‐Fuller, Linda M. “Performative Absence: Personal Narrative Staged as Testimony.” ): 20-42. November 12, 2013.Roland, Joan. Rev. of Kashrut, Caste and Kabbalah: The Religious Life of the Jews of Cochin by Nathan Katz and EllenS. Goldberg. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 70.1 (2007): 181-3. Network. November 24, 2013.Watson, Christine. “Believe Me: Acts of Witnessing in Aboriginal Women's Autobiographical Narratives.” Journal of Australian Studies 24.64 (2000): 142-52. Network. October 15. 2013.