Book contents
- Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Reviews
- Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Maps
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translations and Conventions
- 1 Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Part i Central and North Asia: Old and New Communities in Russia’s Shadow
- Part ii South Asia: Identity and Culture in British and Independent India
- Part iii Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies and Emerging Communities
- 8 The Jews of Singapore
- 9 From a Colonial Settlement to a New Identity
- 10 Decolonization and Its Aftermath
- Part iv East Asia: Communities and Strife in the Sinosphere
- Part v Imaginary Asia: Lost Peoples and Invisible Communities
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Picture and Map Acknowledgments
- Index
8 - The Jews of Singapore
A Community Founded on the Opium Trade
from Part iii - Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies and Emerging Communities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2023
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Book contents
- Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Reviews
- Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Maps
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translations and Conventions
- 1 Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
- Part i Central and North Asia: Old and New Communities in Russia’s Shadow
- Part ii South Asia: Identity and Culture in British and Independent India
- Part iii Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies and Emerging Communities
- 8 The Jews of Singapore
- 9 From a Colonial Settlement to a New Identity
- 10 Decolonization and Its Aftermath
- Part iv East Asia: Communities and Strife in the Sinosphere
- Part v Imaginary Asia: Lost Peoples and Invisible Communities
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Picture and Map Acknowledgments
- Index
Summary
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.
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- Jewish Communities in Modern AsiaTheir Rise, Demise and Resurgence, pp. 145 - 162Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023