Jewish community of Kolkata

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:British_Raj gptkb:Calcutta gptkb:Baghdadi_Jews
gptkbp:businessModel	Nahoum and Sons bakery
gptkbp:country	gptkb:India
gptkbp:declinedAfter	gptkb:partition_of_India emigration to Israel emigration to Australia emigration to England economic changes
gptkbp:festival	gptkb:Passover gptkb:Rosh_Hashanah gptkb:Yom_Kippur
gptkbp:firstSettlersArrived	late 18th century
gptkbp:heritageStatus	synagogues are heritage sites
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Jewish community of Kolkata
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Bengali gptkb:Hebrew gptkb:Judeo-Arabic English
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Kolkata
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:notableFor	gptkb:Gubbay_family gptkb:Ezra_family gptkb:Sassoon_family
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:David_Joseph_Ezra gptkb:Elias_David_Joseph_Ezra gptkb:Flora_Sassoon gptkb:Reuben_David
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:business real estate trade jute industry
gptkbp:organization	gptkb:Jewish_Girls'_School Jewish Relief Association Nahoum and Sons bakery
gptkbp:origin	gptkb:Baghdadi_Jews
gptkbp:population	less than 30
gptkbp:populationPeak	1940s about 6000
gptkbp:religion	Sephardic
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Jewish_Cemetery,_Calcutta gptkb:Magen_David_Synagogue_(Calcutta)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7