Next door to the Magen David Synagogue is the “Old Synagogue,” official name Neveh Shalome. In 1825 a house was bought on this site and made into Kolkata’s first synagogue. It was demolished and rebuilt as the present one in 1911.
Full story here on Kolkata’s handful of remaining Baghdadi Jews. Photos taken January, 2015–>>
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