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Jewish studies flourish in China
David N. Myers
August 15, 2012
The last quarter century has witnessed a veritable explosion in the academic field of Jewish studies. During that time, Israel solidified its place as the global center in the field, while in the United States virtually every university and college of note has established its own program, center or chair.
The Jews of Kaifeng, China
Jewish Journal
August 15, 2012
Jewish liturgy and ritual frequently remind us that the Israelites were scattered to the “four corners of the earth,” as symbolized by the four fringes of the tallit, or prayer shawl. The extent of the geographic dispersion of the Jews over millennia has been vast, ranging from Baghdad to Burma, Marrakesh to Melbourne, Jerusalem to Los Angeles.
How many Jews on Earth?
Jewish Journal
November 8, 2011
Could the 7 billionth person on the planet be Jewish? According to the United Nations Population Fund, the Earth welcomed its 7 billionth resident on Oct. 31. Statistically, the newborn was most likely a boy in India or China. The symbolic title was given to Danica May Camacho, born two minutes before midnight in Manila in the Philippines.
Mark Spitz: Michael Phelps is the greatest Olympic athlete ever
Jewish Journal
August 17, 2008
Former record-holder is gracious as Phelps grabs the glory
Your guide to Jewish Beijing
Alison Klayman
August 4, 2008
Beijing has had an organized Jewish community since the late 1970s, the city\’s congregations cooperate well and Jews coming for the Olympics will find plenty of choices for davening.
Recalling Shanghai’s Jewish past
Alison Klayman
August 4, 2008
More than 20,000 European Jews fleeing the Nazis found a home in Shanghai, many thanks to a Chinese diplomat in Austria. Honors for Ho Fengshan and a new museum recall that past.
VIDEO: What do the Chinese think of Jews?
Alison Klayman
August 3, 2008
China correspondent Alison Klayman goes out to Houhai lake to ask the question: What do Beijingers think of the Jews?
Yo Tai Ren
Rob Eshman
June 15, 2006
We all know the Jewish world is casting about for ways to reverse a declining population and increased intermarriage. At the same time, we all know that China, the world\’s most populous country, is opening up economically, socially and even religiously. But with the exception of a tiny handful of academics and thinkers, most of our far-sighted Jewish professionals dismiss a China Plan as the same kind of pie-in-the-sky folly most Jewish leaders regarded say, a Jewish state in 1896.
Jews in Hong Kong?
Jonathan Kesselman
January 8, 2004
My mother used to say that there were people starving in China. While her words had the effect of making me guilty enough to eat her badly burnt chicken, I never thought in my wildest dreams that I\’d get the chance to see all those starving people in the undernourished flesh. On Nov. 19, I visited Hong Kong when my film, \”The Hebrew Hammer,\” was invited to the fourth annual Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival. No, my friends, that was not a typo. There are actually real live Jews living in Hong Kong, and they have a film festival.
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