International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project
BAHRAIN
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
"Jews from Iraq, Iran and India settled in Bahrain in the late 19th century and became active in commerce and handicrafts. In 1947 there were anti-Semitic disturbances in which one Jew was killed and several injured. On holidays religious services are conducted in a private home, and the Jewish community maintains its own burial ground."
Source: Click on Bahrain at
WJC Communities website at
http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/comm_middle.html [September 2002/5]
"Our Jewish cemetery is very well kept, and it's been here for over one hundred years. It is right next to the Christian cemetery, and the Shi'as cemetery is across the street from us. We live together and we rest in peace together, just the way it should be."
Source: http://www.internationalspecialreports.com/middleeast/00/bahrain/23.html [December 2002]
There is a small indigenous Jewish community according to
http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/bahrain_1096_bgn.html
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