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December 27, 2017

Calcutta’s Synagogues Are a Model of Muslim-Jewish Comity

Local Muslims and Hindus even attend Jewish schools and learn Hebrew songs.

Once home to a sizable Jewish community founded by Iraqi Jews in the 18th century, Calcutta now has only twenty-three Jews. Yet three of the city’s historic synagogues, two of which were recently restored, are maintained by local Muslims. Tanmay Chatterjee writes:

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