Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2023) 145-162
Keywords:
Jews History
;
Jewish merchants History
;
Opium trade
;
Singapore
Abstract:
This chapter by the late Jonathan Goldstein deals with the rise of the Jewish community in Singapore. In this port city, which emerged under British rule, Jews prospered initially in drug smuggling but with the years moved to other occupations. This chapter traces the evolution of this trading community of mainly Baghdadi Jews. It also examines its ordeal during the Japanese occupation, its survival during the period of decolonization and its present prosperity, along with the cultural and religious implications of its two-century existence.
DOI:
10.1017/9781009162609.010
URL:
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