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Christian Fundamentalists Targeting Tibetans

While some Christian missionaries in China aim to fill spaces left by the suppression of traditional values and decline of Maoism, others work to convert members of already beleaguered minority cultures such as Tibetan Buddhism....

Chinese Jews Feel More at Home in Israel

The Los Angeles Times looks at China’s small, ancient Jewish community in Kaifeng and the few members who have moved to Israel: Jin and her relatives belong to a community of Chinese Jews that was established in the 9th...

Chinese Jews Face Existential Questions

The Wall Street Journal describes the Jews of Kaifeng, descendants of 11th Century Persian merchants. Although one Israeli group has helped some resettle there, their religious identity is not recognised by either Beijing or...

China’s Ancient Jewish Enclave

A New York Times travel story visits the few remaining but active Jews in Kaifeng, Henan: Earlier, Ms. Guo had brought us into a narrow courtyard at 21 Teaching Torah Lane — an alley once central to the city’s Jewish community,...

Global Times: Remember US Values When Lobbying There

Global Times interviews Jack Rosen, chairman of the American Jewish Congress (AJC) and the American Council for World Jewry, to get advice on how China can lobby the U.S. government as successfully as Jewish groups have. Rosen...

From a Village in China To the Wedding Canopy in Jerusalem – Baruch Gordon

From Israel National News: Shlomo and Dina Jin are descendants of the Jewish community that existed for nearly a thousand years in Kaifeng, China. With the help of the Shavei Israel organization, the Jins recently completed their conversion back to Judaism by Israel’s Chief Rabbinate, and will be getting married at 5:30 PM at Heichal […]

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