The once-thriving Baghdadi Jewish community has shrunk to only 20 members.
Kolkata had a sizable Jewish community before India’s independence in 1947. They were known as “Baghdadi Jews” because they came from modern-day Iraq and Syria in the late 1800s. Today, the Jewish world is rapidly dwindling. Only 20 Jews live in the city of 15 million people.
Almost every girl at the Jewish Girls School is a Muslim. For years, the guardians of Kalkota’s synagogues have all been Muslims.
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2015/5/20/the-last-jews-of-kolkata
