Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue
(1896-present)
place and synagogue
Aged 128
Wikidata WikipediaMusmeah Yeshua Synagogue (Hebrew: בית כנסת מצמיח ישועה) is the last remaining Jewish house of worship in Downtown Yangon and Burma's only synagogue. The synagogue stands between Indian paint shops and Muslim traders on a small street near the city centre. A plaque at the entrance of the building states that the present stone building, which was built between 1893 – 1896, replaced an earlier, smaller wooden structure that was erected in 1854. It is one of 188 sites on the Yangon City Development Council’s list of Heritage Buildings. It serves the few remaining Jews of the country, mostly descendants of Baghdadi Jews from Iraq.
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Commemorated on 2 plaques
Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue 1896. This is the only synagogue in Myanmar. Yangon's Jewish community once numbered 2500 before mass migration before WWII. The Samuel's, one of the city's last remaining Jewish families has maintained the synagogue for generations.
Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue, 26th Street, Yangon, Myanmar where it sited
Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue. Wooden bldg. b. 1854 replaced with present building built 1893-1896
Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue, 26th Street, Yangon, Myanmar where it sited