Bene Israel Of India
$120.00
When Ralphy Jihrad starts to talk about the Jewish history of his hometown Mumbai, it flows out of him effortlessly. The engineer loves to show travelers from all over the world the Jewish sites in India’s most significant economic metropolis. For years, he has been taking them to the David Sassoon Library, named after the founder of the prominent family dynasty, which was built between 1867 and 1870 in the style of Victorian Neo-Gothic architecture and is one of the earliest buildings in the area. He also takes them to the harbor area, where the successful trading family once built their wealth, and to the Eliyahoo Synagogue in the city center, the second oldest Sephardic synagogue in the city, with its striking turquoise facade.
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Bene Israel Of India
When Ralphy Jihrad starts to talk about the Jewish history of his hometown Mumbai, it flows out of him effortlessly. The engineer loves to show travelers from all over the world the Jewish sites in India’s most significant economic metropolis. For years, he has been taking them to the David Sassoon Library, named after the founder of the prominent family dynasty, which was built between 1867 and 1870 in the style of Victorian Neo-Gothic architecture and is one of the earliest buildings in the area. He also takes them to the harbor area, where the successful trading family once built their wealth, and to the Eliyahoo Synagogue in the city center, the second oldest Sephardic synagogue in the city, with its striking turquoise facade….
