What is it about?
This article is about the connection of the Calcutta Jewish Community with the Jewish Diaspora during the inter-war period
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Why is it important?
This would help to understand the Jewish heritage of India and the rest of the world in a broader perspective. The Jews of Calcutta tried their utmost to keep in touch with the Diaspora Jewry in times of War and crisis
Perspectives
This is a timely input at a period when the world is witnessing a renewed wave of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel feelings. India hasbeen the only country in the world where the Jews were never persecuted. So the common Euro-American Jewish narrative of a race given to persecution and exile does not apply in the Indian context. India had not only provided a shelter to its Jewish inhabitants for 2,000 years but also provided a safe haven to European Jewish refugees fleeing the War and Holocaust.
DR Kaustav Chakrabarti
City College Kolkata
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This page is a summary of: The Calcutta Jewish Community and the Jewish Diaspora during the Inter-war Years, Contemporary Review of the Middle East, May 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2347798916638212.
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