"The international Chasidic movement has announced it will send two rabbis to the Southeast Asian nation to open a Chabad House in Phnom Penh, the capital city.
"The Jewish community in Phnom Penh is much like any other in our part of the world,” Bangkok-based Rabbi Yosef Kantor was quoted as saying by Chabad.org. “It’s an eclectic mix of business travelers, Israeli expatriates and backpackers travelling across Asia after serving their terms in the Israel Defense Force."
This is exciting news for Cambodia. While Jewish expats in Phnom Penh are few and far between, many Jews visit Cambodia (there are roughly 2 million tourist per year, who focus on Angkor Wat), and there is signifigant need for Jewish community. While there has not been a Chabad in the past, there have been yearly high holiday services. In 2008, the high holiday services were led by Rabbi Jill Jacobs, the Rabbi-in Residence at Jewish Funds for Justice
It also makes sense for Cambodians, who despite experiencing their own tragic genocide, have little contact with or knowledge of Jews.
Yom Kippur in Cambodia, Anyone?
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Rather than connect over their shared communal history of genocide, the Jews will probably try to convince the Cambodians that their one-and-only Holocaust was worse. Next we'll hear that rich New York Jews are funding a Holocaust museum in Phnom Penh.
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