Sunday, March 21, 2010

Jews in China

And Jews were here! As indicated by tombstones and manuscripts discovered in several places along the Silk Road, the mysterious East wasn't hidden from Jews either.

Here is some info about the Jew
ish community of Kaifeng, in the far East of China. It is considered as the most ancient Jewish community in China, established in the 11th Century. They, unlike the other Jews, maintain the tradition by patrilineal descent: http://drsavta.com/travelkosher/classical-china-tour/

The video about Jews in China:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brh8AgnW5TA

And this, the wedding of male Jew from Jerusalem and the female Jew of Kaifeng:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emmy82tFT30&NR=1

Ashkenazi Jews:
http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.taiwandna.com/JewGaul.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.taiwandna.com/JewishPage.htm&usg=__yibvoidLjwhD16XsiIBUFqgPf6Y=&h=579&w=594&sz=63&hl=en&start=21&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=sxbUZne6vBqt0M:&tbnh=132&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtombstones%2Bof%2Bjews%2Balong%2Bthe%2Bsilk%2Broad%26start%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DGoj%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1

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