The Penang Jewish Cemetery in Jalan Zainal Abidin on the fringes of George Town. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star
SITUATED on the fringes of George Town is the Penang Jewish Cemetery, believed to be the oldest Jewish cemetery in South-East Asia.
History researcher Clement Liang, 59, said the 38,087sq ft cleaver-shaped plot in Jalan Zainal Abidin was the only cemetery established exclusively for the Jewish community in Malaysia.
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Liang leaving a small rock on the grave of Mordecai.
Liang looking at one of the Jewish graves.
The cemetery is still open for Jewish burials.
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