Cemetery Description: |
Penang Jewish Cemetery, Jalan Zainal Abidin St., George Town, Malaysia. 47 burials total.
Donated by Naomi Ogin of Brisbane, Australia. The photographs and the information submitted by Naomi Ogin. Additional details about some of the burials were found on the Wikipedia site on the Jews of Malaysia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Malaysia#Penang_Jewish_Cemetery) and the article on the site A PENANG KADDISH : THE JEWISH CEMETERY IN GEORGETOWN. A case study of the Jewish Diaspora in Penang (1830s-1970s). Raimy Ché-Ross, Barton, Canberra.
Cohens and Levis-only Section sign
Cemetery sign
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Cemetery gates
Overview of cemetery |