Tags: Ethnic Group.
Malaysian Jews is a term used to refer to Jews living in Malaysia or those originally from the country. A good number used to live openly in the state of Penang until towards the end of the 1970s when many emigrated due to growing state-sanctioned antisemitism. They were also found elsewhere in the nation especially in Negri Sembilan and Malacca. Indications of the growing racial and religious hostility in the nation has caused many Malaysian Jews to leave or flee the country.