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Jan

15 2020

Photographs of Jewish Calcutta opens at BEKI

 

Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel (BEKI)
Gallery hours by appointment only; please contact the BEKI office at (203) 389-2108 x114. 85 Harrison Street
New Haven, CT 06515-1724
203-389-2108 office@beki.org
http://www.beki.org/

Contact Peggy Hackett

203-389-2108
office@beki.org
http://beki.org

Sanjeet Chowdhury, Photographs of Jewish Calcutta, is now on exhibition in the BEKI Art Gallery through the end of February.

Although only about twenty Jews currently reside in Kolkata (as it is now known), the city retains the traces of Jewish culture. Many monuments, including a cemetery in North Kolkata, where gravestones are occasionally written in three languages, remain and are cared for by non-Jewish Bengalis, many of them Muslims. Nahoum’s, the Jewish bakery, remains one of the city’s favorites.

Sanjeet Chowdhury’s photographs illustrate the diversity, poignancy and history of this Jewish culture. An independent photographer, filmmaker, and curator committed to representing the everyday, he is based in Kolkata. His photographic works have been exhibited in London, New York, Basel, and other cities worldwide. His video arts and films have been screened at international festivals in Washington, Berlin, Tel Aviv and Stockholm. He is currently involved in several book projects, among them an anthology of the culinary history of Bengal.

Gallery hours by appointment only; please contact the BEKI office at (203) 389-2108 x114.

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