Calcutta Jewish community

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Calcutta_Jewish_community

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:associatedWith	opium trade British colonial era real estate development in Kolkata trade and commerce in Calcutta
gptkbp:culturalHeritage	Sephardic Jewish Baghdadi Jewish
gptkbp:culturalSignificance	synagogue architecture Jewish Girls School Nahoum's bakery
gptkbp:declinedAfter	creation of Israel economic changes emigration after Indian independence
gptkbp:emigratedTo	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Canada gptkb:Israel gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:Baghdadi_Jews
gptkbp:foundedIn	late 18th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Calcutta Jewish community
gptkbp:languageSpoken	gptkb:Bengali gptkb:Hebrew gptkb:Judeo-Arabic English
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:India gptkb:Kolkata gptkb:West_Bengal
gptkbp:notableEvent	Baghdadi Jewish migration World War II refugee support community decline post-1947
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:Neveh_Shalom_Synagogue gptkb:Jewish_Cemetery_on_Narkeldanga_Road gptkb:Magen_David_Synagogue gptkb:Beth_El_Synagogue Jewish Girls School Nahoum & Sons bakery
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:David_Joseph_Ezra gptkb:Elias_David_Joseph_Ezra gptkb:Flora_Sassoon gptkb:Reuben_David gptkb:Ezra_family
gptkbp:population	less than 30
gptkbp:populationPeak	1940s about 6000
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Jewish_Girls'_School,_Kolkata
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7