Jewish community in Calcutta

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:declinedAfter	emigration to Israel emigration to Australia emigration to Canada emigration to United Kingdom
gptkbp:firstSettlersArrived	late 18th century
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite	gptkb:Elias_Meyer_Free_School gptkb:Jewish_Cemetery_on_Narkeldanga_Road gptkb:Neveh_Shalome_Synagogue gptkb:Magen_David_Synagogue gptkb:Beth_El_Synagogue
gptkbp:hasSchool	gptkb:Elias_Meyer_Free_School gptkb:Jewish_Girls'_School
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Jewish community in Calcutta
gptkbp:languageSpoken	gptkb:Bengali gptkb:Hebrew gptkb:Judeo-Arabic English
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:India gptkb:Kolkata gptkb:West_Bengal
gptkbp:mainCathedral	gptkb:Jewish_Cemetery_on_Narkeldanga_Road gptkb:Neveh_Shalome_Synagogue gptkb:Magen_David_Synagogue gptkb:Beth_El_Synagogue
gptkbp:notableEvent	construction of Beth El Synagogue in 1856 construction of Magen David Synagogue in 1884 construction of Neveh Shalome Synagogue in 1825
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:David_Joseph_Ezra gptkb:Elias_David_Joseph_Ezra gptkb:Flora_Sassoon gptkb:Regina_Guha gptkb:Reuben_David gptkb:Ezra_family
gptkbp:notablePublication	gptkb:The_Jewish_Advocate gptkb:The_Jewish_Tribune
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:business real estate trade opium trade
gptkbp:organization	gptkb:Calcutta_Jewish_Association gptkb:Jewish_Community_Affairs_Committee
gptkbp:origin	gptkb:Baghdadi_Jews gptkb:Iraqi_Jews
gptkbp:population	fewer than 30 (as of 2020s)
gptkbp:populationPeak	1940s about 6000
gptkbp:religion	Sephardic
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:David_Ezra
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6