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== Penang Jewish Cemetery ==
The Penang Jewish Cemetery, established in 1805, is believed to be the oldest single [[Jewish cemetery]] in the country <ref name="Jewish Virtual Library" />. It forms a {{convert|38087|sqft|m2}} cleaver shaped plot of land situated alongside ''Jalan Zainal Abidin'' (formerly ''
The oldest Jewish tombstone is dated [[July 9]] [[1835]] dedicated to a Mrs. Shoshan Levi and is believed to mark the grave of the [[English people|English]] Jew that was the benefactor who donated the land where the current cemetery stands. Most of the graves take the form of a triangular vaulted-lid casket, resembling [[ossuary|ossuaries]] commonly found in [[Israel]]. There are approximately 106 graves located in the cemetery with the most recent tombstone dated 1978. It is the only cemetery established solely for the once small and thriving Jewish community in Peninsular Malaysia, although there may be a few Jewish graves in other non-Jewish cemeteries <ref name="Raimy" />.
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