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History of the Jews in Sri Lanka

Well kiddo, let me tell you about the history of Jewish people in Sri Lanka. A long time ago, Jewish people started to come to Sri Lanka from other countries like India and the Middle East. They came because they wanted to trade with the people who lived there and do business.

These Jewish people were called Sephardic Jews because they came from Spain and Portugal a really long time ago. They lived in Sri Lanka for a long time, some even for generations, and they had their own synagogue, which is a Jewish temple. The synagogue was called the Colombo Synagogue and it is still there today.

The Jewish people in Sri Lanka were mostly traders and they did a lot of business. They also got along with the other people who lived in Sri Lanka and they were respected for their hard work.

However, as time went on, more and more Jewish people started to leave Sri Lanka and move to other places like Israel and Australia. Today, there are very few Jewish people left in Sri Lanka and the community is very small.

So that's the history of the Jews in Sri Lanka. They came a long time ago, they did business, and they lived peacefully with the other people who lived there. Even though they are not many left now, they still have their own synagogue and they are part of the history of Sri Lanka.