With Netanyahu in Shanghai, China rips Syrian airstrikes

Published on May 6, 2013

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began a five-day visit to China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry criticized the military strikes on Syria without singling out Israel.

Saving Shanghai’s Jewish Past Via Headstones

Published on April 16, 2009

In Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, Western philanthropists and volunteers are restoring dozens of historic Jewish cemeteries.

But in Shanghai, there are none to restore.

Key dates in recent Chinese Jewish history

By Alison Klayman
Published on August 4, 2008

From the opening of the first synagogue in Shanghai to the start of diplomatic relations between Israel and China, some key dates in Chinese Jewish history.

Recalling Shanghai’s Jewish past

By Alison Klayman
Published on 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.

Can tolerance extend to China exhibition?

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on July 16, 2008

VIDEO: The Last Jews of Shan-Chai, China

Published on January 11, 2008

Their family has been there for 1000 years, eating Chinese food on Christmas and all year 'round -- the Last Jews of Shan-Chai

Schmoozing with the Shammes of Shanghai

By Jack Weiss
Published on October 26, 2006

The Jews of Shanghai, fleeing Nazi persecution, thousands of Jews journeyed halfway around the world to the sanctuary offered by Shanghai's unique status as a free trade city.

7 Days in the Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on March 24, 2005

7 Days in the Arts

Escape to Shanghai Saved Refugee’s Life

By Marc Ballon
Published on March 4, 2004

At a time when the world shunned them, an estimated 20,000 Jewish refugees from Russia, Germany, Austria and elsewhere made their way to Shanghai before World War II.

A Mazel Tov in Shanghai

By Dvir Bar-Gal
Published on July 11, 2002

The cosmopolitan Chinese city of Shanghai has witnessed what is believed to be its first Jewish marriage ceremony in more than 50 years.

Shanghai Shuls 2nd Wind

By Amy Sara Clark
Published on December 6, 2001

Shanghai resident Seth Kaplan got tired of celebrating the High Holy days in rented hotel spaces while the city's oldest intact synagogue sat empty, deteriorating just a few miles away.

The Melting Wok

By Anthea Gerrie
Published on February 15, 2001

It was Friday night in Shanghai, a major linchpin of the Jewish Diaspora, and folks from all over the world were dropping in to wish Rabbi Greenberg "Shabbat shalom."

Travel

By Tom Tugend
Published on July 2, 1998

The seder was a huge success, setting an all-time record for a Jewish holiday observance in Beijing.