the rebuilding of the synagogue. But the destruction was so widespread that nearly all of the refugees and their American and British benefactors left the Philippines and the community membership had decreased by 30% by the end of 1946. Fewer than 250 European Jewish refugees could be counted among the estimated 600 Jews who remained in the Philippines by the end of 1948. By 1954 the Jewish community of Manila counted a total of 302 members. By rescuing over 1300 Jewish refugees, this American Commonwealth saved them from the fate of the six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust. , Filipino Jews numbered at the most 500 people. Other estimates range between 100 and 18,500 people (0.000001% and 0.005% of the country's total population). , Metro Manila has the largest Jewish community in the Philippines, which consists of roughly seventy families. The country's only synagogue, Beth Yaacov, is located in Makati, as is the Chabad House. There are, of course, other Jews elsewhere in the country, like the Bagelboys of Subic and Angeles City but these are obviously fewer and almost all transients, either diplomats or business envoys, and their existence is almost totally unknown in mainstream society. There are a few Israelis in Manila working at call centers and a few other executives. There are also a number of converts to Judaism. See also Eastern Sephardim List of Asian Jews Israel–Philippines relations References External links Jewish Association of the Philippines Chabad Lubavitch in the Philippines A glimpse into the past: The Jewish community in the Philippines, photo exhibit http://www.anopendoormovie.com/#/a-preview/4559868994 Documentary Film by Sonny Izon, "An Open Door: Jewish Rescue in the Philippines" https://www.holocaustandhumanity.org/rescue-in-the-philippines/ http://asianjewishlife.org/pages/articles/AJL_Issue_11_Jan2013/AJL_Feature_Manila_Memories.html Feature Article in Asian Jewish Life, "Manila Memories History of Jews in the Philippines" by Bonnie M. Harris, Ph.D. History of the Philippines by topic Jews and Judaism in the Philippines Jewish history by country History of the Jews in Southeast Asia