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Chinese Policy Towards Judaism

The policy of the Chinese government towards the Jews in the modern era and the decedents of the Jews of Kaifeng.

Kaifeg Seder 2014

Jerusalem Post Sam Sokol China’s ‘lost Jews’ to hold first Seder in Kaifeng
By SAM SOKOL
There are around 1000 residents of Jewish descent in the city, one of China’s former imperial capitals.

Jews in Kaifeng Photo: Courtesy
The community of Kaifeng is to be holding one of the first Seder meals to be held by indigenous Chinese Jews in generations next week.

There are around 1,000 residents of Jewish descent in the city, one of China’s former imperial capitals. The Seder, which is being organized by Jerusal

The Theology of the Chinese Jews 1000-1850

By Jordan Paper, Reviewed by Vera Schwarcz The history of the Kaifeng diaspora has long fascinated Jews and non-Jews alike. From Mateo Ricci’s first encounter with Chinese Jews in 1605 through the utube fever about the shecheyanu prayer of Yaakov Wang at the Kotel in 2009, there has been no shortage missionaries, travelers and scholars drawing “lessons” from Kaifeng’s Jewry. What makes Jordan Paper’s work unique is the focus upon the innermost beliefs of Chinese Jews—a subject about which we have very little concrete information. Paper

Joy Katzen-Guthrie's Jewish Heritage Tours of China

Joy Katzen-Guthrie

The Lost Tribes of Israel Who Came to China

Chiang Tribe in China Came From the Far West