Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue

The Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. Completed in 1896 to replace an earlier wooden synagogue that was erected in 1854, the current stone synagogue is the only synagogue in Myanmar.

The synagogue stands between Indian paint shops and Muslim traders on a small street near the city centre in, what is now, a predominantly Muslim neighborhood. A plaque at the entrance of the building states that the present stone building, which was built between 1893 – 1896, replaced an earlier, smaller wooden structure that was erected in 1854. It is one of 188 sites on the Yangon City Development Council’s list of heritage buildings. It serves the few remaining Jews of the country, mostly descendants of Baghdadi Jews from Iraq.