Maghain Aboth Synagogue

About

The Baghdadi Jewish community built Maghain Aboth after outgrowing an earlier shophouse synagogue. It was consecrated in 1878 and gazetted as a Singapore National Monument in 1998. Singapore National Monument consecrated in 1878 and the oldest surviving synagogue in Southeast Asia. In Jewish World Records, Maghain Aboth Synagogue is connected to the record “Oldest Surviving Synagogue in Southeast Asia,” based on the stored achievement of Consecrated 4 April 1878. Maghain Aboth Synagogue on Waterloo Street was consecrated on 4 April 1878. Singapore's National Heritage Board explicitly identifies it as the oldest surviving synagogue in Southeast Asia, and it remains a living place of worship. Official/institutional sources document Maghain Aboth Synagogue's qualifying date, identity and synagogue use. Singapore's National Heritage Board explicitly states that Maghain Aboth is the oldest surviving synagogue in Southeast Asia.

Public links

• roots.gov.sg
• ura.gov.sg
• Wikimedia Commons