Meet the Last Jews of Calcutta
This article has been enhanced with interactive sound clips. To hear the voices of the surviving community members, click the phrases highlighted in red. From the late eighteenth till the mid-twentieth century, there was soundFile=http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/jews-calcutta-master.mp3|startPosition=68000|endPosition=100000|content=a thriving Bagdadi Jewish community in Calcutta. Jewish traders from the Middle East prospered in British India. Originally Judeo-Arab in identity,