‘The Man with Many Hats,’ by Jael Silliman, provides a rare peek into the life of a small Jewish community that arrived in India last and left first, but made important contributions to the city’s cultural and commercial life.
The release of the only work of fiction by a member of Kolkata’s Baghdadi Jewish community on June 19, 2013, was significant.
Kolkata’s Jewish community was the last to arrive in India and the first to depart, but the Baghdadis made substantial contributions to the city’s cultural and commercial life during their time there.
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