10 February 2012 - 17 Shevat 5772 - י"ז שבט ה' אלפים תשע"ב
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Last November, 29 educators from Macau, Shanghai, Shangdong, Nanjing and Kaifeng, Xian, and Zhengzhou came to Israel to take part in the second Chinese seminar for educators at Yad Vashem’s International ...
... settlement, that existed around Kaifeng for a few hundred years, was very small, and neither very cultured nor influential,” Steinsaltz remarked. At first glance, Pirkei Avot looks very much like the collected ...
An exhibition of 16 paintings showing the history of the ancient Jewish community of Kaifeng opened at the Hong Kong Jewish Community Centre on 5 May. A cocktail reception was organised for members and ...
... Nepal, a Piaget heart pendant, and a trip to Guam. In addition, paintings from artist Yin Xin relating to the Jews of Kaifeng donated by the Tollman Collection and Propaganda No.7, by Wu Jia Wei, from ...
... different rabbinical authorities in Israel and the US. Jewish Times Asia covered a story on China's Kaifeng descendants making aliyah to Israel organised by Shavei Israel in December 2009. (Issue February ...
... professors from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, Nanjing University, Shanghai University, Shandong University, Kaifeng University, Shanxi University and a school teacher from Shanghai. ...
As China’s Kaifeng J e w s r e c e n t l y became yeshiva students in Israel early this year, a series of overlooked stone  inscriptions are bringing the story of Jews in China to life – Tiberiu Weisz ...
... to the Jewish people for the treasures you have given us over the past 350 years.” While visiting his daughter and her family in Hong Kong, as a birthday present, she gave him the book The Jews in Kaifeng ...
By Staff writers and agencies For the first time, a group of seven young adults, descendants of the Jewish community of Kaifeng, China, has moved to Israel. The group arrived in October this year in an ...
10. A personal visit to Kaifeng, China in 2009
(Kaifeng/Kaifeng Communities)
I travelled to China this past spring as President of the Sino- Judaic Institute primarily to assess firsthand the status of the Kaifeng Jewish descendants through an extended stay there.   Thirty-five ...
11. Kaifeng art exhibition held in Shanghai
(Arts & Culture/2009-06)
The Tolman Collection, Shanghai, held a special art exhibition to showcase “The Story of the Kaifeng Jews” in June, from 11-14. The suite of 24 paintings chronicled the history of the 11th century ...
... unique creation can be seen on the Shanghai Jewish Tour website. The Haggadah features beautiful contemporary photographs taken by Bar-Gal, including one of ancestors of the Kaifeng Jews eating matzoh, ...
... but a first for southwestern China. Previous seminars have been organised in Shanghai, Nanjing and Kaifeng. The latest drew attendance from approximately 80 Chinese graduate students and professors from ...
14. Israel participates in Asian Art Festival
(Arts & Culture/2008-09)
... Culture and the Henan provincial government and organised by the Henan Culture Bureau, the Zhengzhou city government and Kaifeng city government, will be held in Zhengzhou and neighbouring Kaifeng from ...
15. The Tolman Collection Shanghai Gallery Opening
(Arts & Culture/2007-10)
The Tolman Collection celebrated the successful opening of their newest gallery in Shanghai from 1 September to 2 September. The gallery opening featured the story of the Kaifeng Jews, a collection of ...
... devoid of anti-Semitism (the ancient Kaifeng community), but also by showing friendship and openness to Jewish refugees during World War II, when Shanghai accommodated around 30,000 fleeing the Nazis, ...
... chronicling the lives of the eleventh-century Kaifeng Jews.This captivating series is the commissioned work of the internationally acclaimed, Chinese artist Yin Xin.  Norman Tolman, founder of The ...
18. The Great Wail of Kaifeng
(Kaifeng/Kaifeng Communities)
... 1000 years ago. They were very warmly received by the Emperor and were invited to live near the imperial palace, in the capital city of Kaifeng. The Emperor requested that the Jews keep their ancestral ...
... of this claim, linking modern families to the Kaifeng Jews, has been a source of debate for many years. On the face, the Youtai appear to look no different from their neighbours, almost entirely “Han ...
20. Historic Community of Kaifeng, China
(Kaifeng/Kaifeng Communities)
Kaifeng, in the northeastern Henan province of China, is located along the southern bank of the Yellow River. It is a quiet city, seemingly left behind in the country's race to modernity due to strict ...
The book The Jews of Kaifeng, the story of a rich and thriving culture, has inspired new art in the modern age. Receipt of the book from his daughter in Hong Kong, as a Chanukah gift, has turned into a ...
... capital of Kaifeng, and it was greeted with such enthusiasm that Chan challenged the Community to establish an association to begin collecting information about the Sino-Judaic experience in Hong Kong ...
23. Ohel Leah Hong Kong Community
(Hong Kong/Hong Kong Communities)
... Street ‘thieves’ market. It is believed that these scrolls had belonged to China’s Kaifeng Jews. The scrolls were then purchased by Sir Lawerence Kadoorie for about HK$5000 and then gifted to the ...
24. A historian in search of the Jews of China
(One to One Interview/2006-05)
... asked me where I wanted to go: Shanghai, Xian… and I told them, I want to go to Kaifeng! And they thought I was crazy – Kaifeng is remote – it was in a part of China that was actually ...
25. Note from the Publisher
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... its “open door” policy Oct 2009 Elsa High School creates a new chapter for Hong Kong Dec 09/Jan 10 China’s Kaifeng descendants make aliyah to Israel Mar 2010 Ayalon meets with senior journalists from Indonesia ...
By Staff writers and agencies China's Kaifeng descendAnts make aliyah to israel For the first time, a group of seven young adults, descendants of the Jewish community of Kaifeng, China, has moved to ...
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