The Maghain Aboth Synagogue, which translates to mean “Shield of our Fathers”, is the oldest surviving synagogue in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Situated at 24/26 Waterloo Street, the synagogue was built in 1878 and gazetted as a national monument on 27 February ...

Manasseh Meyer (Sir) (b. 1846, Baghdad, Iraq–d. 1 July 1930, Singapore) was a pioneer Jewish businessman, community leader and philanthropist who was responsible for the building of Maghain Aboth Synagogue on Waterloo Street and Chesed-El Synagogue at Oxley Rise. ...

Chesed-El Synagogue, located at Oxley Rise, is one of two synagogues currently in use in Singapore. It was designed by Regent Alfred John Bidwell of Swan & Maclaren, and completed in 1905. Its name, Chesed-El, means “bountiful mercy and goodness of God”. The building ...