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Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue is the last remaining Jewish house of worship in Yangon and Burma 's only synagogue.1The colonial relic stands nestled between Indian paint shops and Muslim traders on a small street near the city center.2 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.
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Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue ( ) is the last remaining Jewish house of worship in Downtown Yangon and Burma 's only synagogue. The temple stands nestled between Indian paint shops and Muslim traders on a small street near the city center. 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 around 45 Jews of the country - mostly descendants of Sephardic Jewish Iraqis .
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Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue ( ) 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."Leader of Myanmar’s Jewish community dies" "Keeping the tribe alive " "The Jewish Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue" , Photographers Direct: Howley, Kerry (February 15, 2004).
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Antique synagogue Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue ( ) 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. "Leader of Myanmar’s Jewish community dies" "Keeping the tribe alive " "The Jewish Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue" , Photographers Direct: Howley, Kerry (February 15, 2004).
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Orthodox synagogue in Yangon, Myanmar The Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue ( Hebrew : בית כנסת משמיע ישועה ) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue , located in downtown Yangon , Myanmar .Completed in 1896 to replace an earlier wooden synagogue that was erected in 1854, the current stone synagogue is the only synagogue in Myanmar.The synagogue stands between Indian paint shops and Muslim traders on a small street near the city centre in, what is now, a predominantly Muslim neighborhood. 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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last remaining jewish house of worship in yangon and burma 's only synagogue
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orthodox jewish congregation and synagogue
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