Yesterday, we are requested to pay a visit at Jewish cemetery at Jahudi Road (now changed to Jalan Zainal Abidin) Jahudi Road is located between Burma Road and MaCalister Road, a 10-minute walk from the towering Komtar (Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak). During the journey, we was taking bus with a few of us to Komtar nearby searching for the place and unfortunately that day was a rainy day. Finally we found the Jewish cemetery after quite a few minutes walk around.
what an annoying rainy day!
we found the sign board!
finally we reach, phew....
some information located at jewish cemetery main door
an indian aunty who guard that cemetery was
giving some information to us
an indian aunty who guard that cemetery was
giving some information to us
the captain's son and grandson tombstone
according to the guard, the grave with triangle was a female tombstone
while male's was identified because she not so sure about it
while male's was identified because she not so sure about it
this area was only for military cemetery(just a few of it)
a big gang snap shot!
time to return to usm, what a tiring day!From the visit and some searching on web, i get to know that the Penang Jews consisted mainly of Oriental Jews, the majority of whom were Baghdadi Jews (from Baghdad, Iraq) as well as European and Central Asian Jews and a handful of Chinese Jew. The Jewish cemetery in Penang also has one of the largest number of Jewish graves interned in one specific area, numbering 70 graves. The cemetery is well-kept and clean compared to most other cemeteries in Penang.
The first known Jew to settle in Penang was believed to have been Ezekiel Menasseh who migrated from Baghdad in 1800s. Menasseh remained the only Jew in British Malaya for 30 years, and he continued to observe Jewish holidays. After World War I, more Jews began to settle in Malaya. Then during World War II, the Jewish community was evacuated by the British military to Singapore, fearing Japanese imprisonment and ill-treatment. By 1963, only 20 Jewish families remained in Malaysia including former RTM orchestra conductor Gus Styne.
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Overall, i think that i will leave my own monument too when the day was reach. Therefore i have design my own monument. Below was it :
this was my monument
since it's requested to be bamboo, so this is my
final monument design
final monument design
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