Les Juifs de Nairobi (Kenya)

The Jewish community of Nairobi formed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, in the context of British colonization and the construction of the railway connecting the coast to Uganda, attracting merchants and settlers of various origins. Remaining modest, it organized itself around a synagogue and communal institutions serving the Jews of Kenya. The territory was at one point discussed, in the early twentieth century, in connection with a Jewish settlement project debated by the Zionist movement, which was never realized. The community persisted during the colonial period then declined in the second half of the twentieth century, while continuing to exist on a reduced scale.

Sources & resources

• Jewish Virtual Library ↗