Sandip Roy's Dispatch: A Jewish Museum in Kolkata?

By Sandip Roy

Published September 10, 2014 at 11:00 AM PDT

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Magen David Synagogue in Kolkata

Ashok Sinha

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Silent film Star Arati Devi

Edmund Jonah

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Colonial Jewish Ketuba (Marriage contract)

Edmund Jonah

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Great Grandpa Jonah and his grandsons (Meyer on lap, and Alec)

Edmund Jonah

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Great Grandph Jonah with Alec (left) and Eric (right)

Edmund Jonah

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