sentences:  They credited anthropologist Ruth Cernea, who wrote a history of the Jewish community in Rangoon; Laura Hudson of the Council, and Stuart Spencer, a member of the synagogue's diaspora, as three leaders of this project.During Cyclone Nargis in May 2008, the synagogue lost its roof and sustained water damage.In 2015 the current Jewish population of Myanmar, including Yangon, is fewer than 19.