JEWISH LINK TO MALAYSIAN EDUCATION

By Kesava Rao

The first and founding vice-chancellor of University of Malaya was the world-famous British-Jewish mathematician Datuk Alexander Oppenheim (pic above). He came from a Jewish family, Yiddish-speaking, born in Salford outside Manchester in 1903. Oppenheim’s most famous contribution to number theory is the "Oppenheim conjecture". He became vice-chancellor of the University of Malaya in Singapore in 1957, and of UM in Kuala Lumpur in 1962, and served in that capacity until 1965. As VC of both universities, Oppenheim worked closely with Tunku Abdul Rahman in organisational questions, private fund raising and the like. Yet Oppenheim’s memory at UM is barely recorded, even though he is the most famous mathematician ever to have been connected with the university.

Admin Note:

It is not surprising that the Malaysian BN/Umno Regime have re-written Malaysian History only to glorify all things Malay and Muslim. It's unthinkable that a Regime that tacitly supports atrocities by the likes of Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Taliban etc against non Muslims would want to offend their Muslims Brothers like the sadistic and bigoted Saudis that Malaysia has links to Jewry. After all, Malaysia like most other countries refer to the barbarians mentioned above as Martyrs and Fighters instead as thugs, assassins and cold blooded murderers which they really are.