Neveh Shalome Synagogue

This synagogue is no longer a fully-functioning house of prayer due to the diminished local Jewish population.  Nevertheless, some prayer services and holiday celebrations continue to be held here. Neveh Shalome is still Jewish-owned.nNeveh Shalome (Hebrew for Oasis of Peace), organized in the mid-1820s, was the first congregation of Baghdadi Jews who had settled permanently in India ....nnNeveh Shalome is notable as the first Baghdadi Jewish community house of prayer in India. Dating to 1830, the prayer hall (referring to a smaller structure compared to a larger synagogue) predates other Baghdadi synagogues/prayer halls in Kolkata by a generation or more. A former residence that was converted into a prayer hall, the repurposed building was located the corner of Biplabi Rash Berhari Road (formerly Canning Street) and Brabourne Road on a site where Magen David Synagogue (1884) stands today. Many of the Baghdadi Jews lived and worked nearby. It was considered the center of Jewish mercantile, home, social, and religious life, and within a quarter of a century another Baghdadi synagogue, Beth El (1856), was erected in this immediate area. Neveh Shalome got its start as a result of a sizeable contribution made by community member, Shalom Obaidah Ha Kohen and named in memory of his father, Shalom Aharon Ha Cohen, who had been one of the first Baghdadi Jew to move to Kolkata in the early years of the nineteenth century.nnIn 1883, the Neveh Shalome building was demolished, and the large Renaissance-Revival Magen David Synagogue was built on its site. On the 10th of May 1911, construction of a second and larger Neveth Shalome synagogue building began here at 9 Jackson Lane next door to Magen David, and the work was completed the following year. From the late 1800s to turn of the next century, Kolkata’s Bagdhadi Jewish community was at its prime. Neveth Shalome along with Magen David, Beth El, Magen Aboth (originally known as Beth Ha Knesset on Blackburne Lane (dating to 1897, now demolished), and Shaare Rason (1933, now closed) together accommodated the sizeable community....

Must visit if you are at bara bazar. Peacful place one of oldest one.

If you keep silent and feel peace in your heart....You will understand the speciality of this holy place.

One of the smallest synagogues. Good place for visit. Closed on Friday and Saturday for Non-jewish people. Prior permission needed for vising in groups of more than 4 people. Everyone must carry an identity card

Small but good . Nice guide