Mr. Anonymous Malaysian Jew story

Shalom Aleichem and Salamualaikum.

I received an interesting e-mail from a Malaysian Jew who was living and grew up there. I was asked by the Anonymous Malaysian Jew to publish his story. I'm overwhelmed and do it with great honor. The name is not published for personal reasons which I respect very much.
 I would like to encourage you Mr. Anonymous Malaysian Jew to complete your story with the describing of the place and people were you grew up. How were your daily relations? What was the reason you left Malaysia? We don't even know what your age is. Was your experience with the Malaysian the same for all Jews?
 I noticed recently that a Jewish family is still living in Kuala Lumpur. do you know about them?
 For me the history of the Malaya Jews is an non completed puzzle. I think your story can pour valuable light on their history. Through your individual story we can address the feelings of the errant Jew.
 Thank you very much for your unique story and for the honor you provided me to publish it.

I'm attaching below the story "as is" and quoted.

Shalom Ale...Dear Hanan.


I tried to post at the web page, but not successful.
So I send this to you , please post.
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Dear HANAN.


In the past few days, I have been bombarded with the thought by the remains of the past. I read your definition of Peace in the dictionary meaning. And I don’t deny this definition as not having the reality that we human beings have been striving to achieve. As it has been propounded that, peace promotes friendship and partnership, moreover definitions such as this is merely word and in reality a theory that need some practical application.


As a Malaysian Jew now living safely in Singapore, I am a little free to define certain aspects and the idealism of Peace from within my secret Jewishness. I think staying and living in Singapore, has been a blessing for me, I have the time to think about the definition of peace. There are many alternative pathways to peace. To Jews I think peace is both objective and a byproduct too. I am a Jew from Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. I grew up in a society that is very orthodox in ideas. I was surrounded by Muslims, Chinese, Indians, and Eurasians. Either they were loose or orthodox in their thoughts or their ways of live and living. Either they are tolerant or fanatic and extreme in their dealings.


As for me I began to understand peace from the Torah, that I discovered over the years. I have been studying my own pattern of thoughts and I have been discovering about my concept of peace. I must confess it is a pathway that it has two different roads. The world view and the torah view. The path of road that I see is one that is related to the torah. Peace in my mind is connected with the 13 divine attributes. As a Jew my peace is connected to the divine attributes, the 10 laws and 613 commandments. It is from these I see my identity. My identity is separate and distinct, from any others. I am not saying that my blood is blue but it is still red, but I have a special mission in this world. I understand this when I embrace the very work of creation of the first generations. I get to see it more clearly when I embrace the work of our generations of Hebrews. I embrace the Israel in Egypt and the departure of Israelites from Egypt. I embrace the details of Israelis in the wilderness. I see the issue on PEACE as you propounded, that PEACE IS OBJECTIVE or BYPRODUCT. This is so in the era of Judges, Kings and my Prophets.


The Era of Destruction of the First temple and the Peace within the Jewish hearts even when we mourn the lost and the era of the first and the Second temple. In between the First and Second temple we Jews have the PEACE in the structure and service and the deed s of the sages and seers of Judaism.


The Rabbis have been preaching PEACE and the divine attributes of PEACE throughout ages and the theme of PEACE continues to this date. It is from this theme the Israel that we have now is standing misunderstood and defamed and we Jews have been paying the price for our existence. Israel stands among the world and the nations of the world. It is in these rich history the land Israel stands, the language stands. The exile is experienced and the redemption is also experienced at the same time in the heart and mind of every Jew. These experiences are intimately connected to the Torah, the Talmud, the wisdom, the prophesy and the songs of the Israelite in Israel and the Israelite in the diasporas. The PEACE stands alive as we are alive in the Sabbath, in the feast and the high holidays, even in fasts. We embrace the The HOLY ONE, HaShem, Malek Olam, the merciful and the most compassionate. It is in this connection we Jews see the relationship between human being, humanity, and HaShem. I am just a simple Jew who wants to live like any human being.


We distinguish between GOOD and EVIL? Man and his deed and his needs, his house hold and the duty between man and man are inter-related. When we look at humanity from our Torah and Talmud, we see the traits and attitudes of mankind. In Malaysia I saw the peace and strive inter-related, charitable judgments and suspicions mingle. Reproof, flattery and hypocrisy enjoining. Slanders and defamations brewing against the forgotten Jews of Malaysia.


As a Jew I keep the wows and oath to my G-d. It is in this truth, I saw the other side, falsehood on the other side. I could not accept falsehood so I stood within my Torah. The Torah became my torah and I became part of the torah. From Singapore, I look at the Malaysian history , the structure, the state and the nation ,I only become silent by silence and my speech takes silence an pressed down by the pressure of shamefacedness and brazenness of the society of Malaysia. On the alternate, Singapore gives me the freedom to walk freely like a normal human being. Though it is so, I still stay alone so I take resignation and silent sufferings. This is my story of being a Jew from Malaysia in Singapore.


Peace in the world for a Hebrew/ Jew, endures on account of three things; on account of JUSTICE, TRUTH and PEACE. You see, the Holy One found no vessel that could contains Israel’s blessing except PEACE. As is said, ‘In the Lrd’s wish to give enduring strength to His people, the Lrd blessed His people with peace” But the system in Malaysia took away my peace and d I lived very silently and found peace through my torah and indeed Judaism teaches PEACE. But we Jews of Israel and the Jews of the Diaspora are misunderstood and pressed down for our Jewishness by systemic pressures.