Yangon has one synagogue, built in the mid-1890s to serve a Jewish community that emigrated mostly from Iraq. Today the community is down to fewer than two dozen people.
Hats off to Sarah's employer, the US State Department, for partnering with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to renovate and preserve the synagogue. The project was completed in 2013. The building is in great shape.
Entrance. The synagogue is located downtown, on a side street mostly lined with hardware and dry goods shops.
Interior.
Center Bimah.
Looking back.
The ark area, where the Torah is kept.
Hats off to Sarah's employer, the US State Department, for partnering with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to renovate and preserve the synagogue. The project was completed in 2013. The building is in great shape.
Entrance. The synagogue is located downtown, on a side street mostly lined with hardware and dry goods shops.
Interior.
Center Bimah.
Looking back.
The ark area, where the Torah is kept.
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