标题: Jews in Ancient Kaifeng [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 4-5-2010 11:24 标题: Jews in Ancient Kaifeng 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
Matthew Fishbane, China’s Ancient Jewish Enclave. New York Times, Apr. 4, 2010.
http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/travel/04journeys.html?scp=1&sq=kaifeng&st=cse
("China does not recognize Judaism as one of its five approved religions. * * * Jews are not considered one of the country’s 55 minorities. Though foreign Jews are allowed to practice their religion while on Chinese soil, there are currently no officially active synagogues in China.")
Note:
(a) Temple of Purity and Truth 清真寺 (built in 1163/南宋孝宗隆兴元年; ruined in mid-19th century)
(b) For "21 Teaching Torah Lane," see
南教经胡同21号 邮编：475000 No.21, Teaching the Torah Lane S
(c) For "mezuza," See mezuzah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezuzah
(d) For "Sh'ma," see Shema Yisrael
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shema_Yisrael
("Shema Yisrael (or Sh'ma Yisroel or just Shema) (Hebrew [for] 'Hear, [O] Israel') are the first two words of a section of the Torah (Hebrew Bible) that is a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services. The first verse encapsulates the monotheistic essence of Judaism: 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one,' found in Deuteronomy 6:4")
(e) Sephardi (n; plural: Sephardim; Late Hebrew, from sĕphāradh Spain): "a member of the occidental branch of European Jews settling in Spain and Portugal and later in the Balkans, the Levant, England, the Netherlands, and the Americas; also : one of their descendants — compare ashkenazi" www.m-w.com
(f) blue-hatted Hui 蓝帽回回
(g) judaica (n plural): "literary or historical materials relating to Jews or Judaism"
(similar to Americana)
(h) stele 碑
(i) Millennium City Park (also known as Qingming Riverside Landscape Garden) 清明上河园
(j) Xu Xin 徐新 (南京大学)
(k) Yiyuanhou Lane 医院后街 (in 开封市禹王台区)
-- 作者: choi 时间: 4-5-2010 11:24 标题: Jews in Ancient Kaifeng 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
Matthew Fishbane, China’s Ancient Jewish Enclave. New York Times, Apr. 4, 2010.
http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/travel/04journeys.html?scp=1&sq=kaifeng&st=cse
("China does not recognize Judaism as one of its five approved religions. * * * Jews are not considered one of the country’s 55 minorities. Though foreign Jews are allowed to practice their religion while on Chinese soil, there are currently no officially active synagogues in China.")
Note:
(a) Temple of Purity and Truth 清真寺 (built in 1163/南宋孝宗隆兴元年; ruined in mid-19th century)
(b) For "21 Teaching Torah Lane," see
南教经胡同21号 邮编：475000 No.21, Teaching the Torah Lane S
(c) For "mezuza," See mezuzah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezuzah
(d) For "Sh'ma," see Shema Yisrael
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shema_Yisrael
("Shema Yisrael (or Sh'ma Yisroel or just Shema) (Hebrew [for] 'Hear, [O] Israel') are the first two words of a section of the Torah (Hebrew Bible) that is a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services. The first verse encapsulates the monotheistic essence of Judaism: 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one,' found in Deuteronomy 6:4")
(e) Sephardi (n; plural: Sephardim; Late Hebrew, from sĕphāradh Spain): "a member of the occidental branch of European Jews settling in Spain and Portugal and later in the Balkans, the Levant, England, the Netherlands, and the Americas; also : one of their descendants — compare ashkenazi" www.m-w.com
(f) blue-hatted Hui 蓝帽回回
(g) judaica (n plural): "literary or historical materials relating to Jews or Judaism"
(similar to Americana)
(h) stele 碑
(i) Millennium City Park (also known as Qingming Riverside Landscape Garden) 清明上河园
(j) Xu Xin 徐新 (南京大学)
(k) Yiyuanhou Lane 医院后街 (in 开封市禹王台区)
-- 作者: joshua 时间: 4-5-2010 13:59 标题: Re: Jews in Ancient Kaifeng 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: Matthew Fishbane, China’s Ancient Jewish Enclave. New York Times, Apr. 4, 2010.
: http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/travel/04journeys.html?scp=1&sq=kaifeng&st=cse
: ("China does not recognize Judaism as one of its five approved religions. * * * Jews are not considered one of the country’s 55 minorities. Though foreign Jews are allowed to practice their religion while on Chinese soil, there are currently no officially active synagogues in China.")
: Note:
: (a) Temple of Purity and Truth 清真寺 (built in 1163/南宋孝宗隆兴元年; ruined in mid-19th century)
: (b) For "21 Teaching Torah Lane," see
: 南教经胡同21号 邮编：475000 No.21, Teaching the Torah Lane S
: * "徐伯勇告诉记者，教经胡同早年叫'挑筋胡同'。因为按照犹太的风俗，为了纪念在和大力士角斗中扭伤了大腿的祖先，
This refers to Genesis Chapter 32. There Jacob ("the patriarch") wrestled with God, not a mighty man. Afterwards God charged Jacob to change his name to Israel, which literally means "Struggled with God" or "the prince of God".
-- 作者: joshua 时间: 4-5-2010 13:59 标题: Re: Jews in Ancient Kaifeng 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: Matthew Fishbane, China’s Ancient Jewish Enclave. New York Times, Apr. 4, 2010.
: http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/travel/04journeys.html?scp=1&sq=kaifeng&st=cse
: ("China does not recognize Judaism as one of its five approved religions. * * * Jews are not considered one of the country’s 55 minorities. Though foreign Jews are allowed to practice their religion while on Chinese soil, there are currently no officially active synagogues in China.")
: Note:
: (a) Temple of Purity and Truth 清真寺 (built in 1163/南宋孝宗隆兴元年; ruined in mid-19th century)
: (b) For "21 Teaching Torah Lane," see
: 南教经胡同21号 邮编：475000 No.21, Teaching the Torah Lane S
: * "徐伯勇告诉记者，教经胡同早年叫'挑筋胡同'。因为按照犹太的风俗，为了纪念在和大力士角斗中扭伤了大腿的祖先，
This refers to Genesis Chapter 32. There Jacob ("the patriarch") wrestled with God, not a mighty man. Afterwards God charged Jacob to change his name to Israel, which literally means "Struggled with God" or "the prince of God".
-- 作者: choi 时间: 4-5-2010 17:09 标题: Re: Jews in Ancient Kaifeng 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
Oh, thanks for a wonderful lesson. I did read bible, and am sure I read this. But I did not take it into heart, and did not connect dots.
【 在 joshua 的大作中提到: 】
: 【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: : Matthew Fishbane, China’s Ancient Jewish Enclave. New York Times, Apr. 4, 2010.
: : http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/travel/04journeys.html?scp=1&sq=kaifeng&st=cse
: : ("China does not recognize Judaism as one of its five approved religions. * * * Jews are not consi
: (以下引言省略...)
-- 作者: choi 时间: 4-5-2010 17:09 标题: Re: Jews in Ancient Kaifeng 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
Oh, thanks for a wonderful lesson. I did read bible, and am sure I read this. But I did not take it into heart, and did not connect dots.
【 在 joshua 的大作中提到: 】
: 【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: : Matthew Fishbane, China’s Ancient Jewish Enclave. New York Times, Apr. 4, 2010.
: : http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/travel/04journeys.html?scp=1&sq=kaifeng&st=cse
: : ("China does not recognize Judaism as one of its five approved religions. * * * Jews are not consi
: (以下引言省略...)
-- 作者: choi 时间: 4-5-2010 17:11 标题: Re: Jews in Ancient Kaifeng 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
Chinese "Jews" emigrate to Israel.
(1) History of the Jews in China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_China
Quote:
"Since their religious practices are functionally extinct, they are not eligible for expedited immigration to Israel under the Law of Return unless they explicitly convert.
"Sara Imas, the Shanghai-born daughter of Shanghai's Jewish Club president, Leiwi Imas, became the first Jewish-Chinese immigrant to Israel after the two countries established formal diplomatic relations in 1992. Leiwi Imas, who had to leave Germany for Poland in 1939, arrived in Shanghai the same year. He spent his final years in Shanghai until 1962, prior to the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. Although Sara Imas's non-Chinese appearance and family background brought her much trouble during the Cultural Revolution when she was accused of being a foreign capitalist and spy, today Sara Imas has returned to Shanghai, working as the Chinese representative of an Israeli diamond company.[25]
My comment:
(a) Reference 25 is:
Wang Shanshan and Li Jian, A Chinese Jew's tale of adversity and triumph. China Daily, July 27, 2005.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/27/content_463688.htm
(b) Oddly, in China Sara Imas is identified either in Romanization or 萨拉/沙拉·伊玛斯.
最后的上海犹太人家庭过逾越节. 波士顿环球报, Apr. 13, 2006.
http://www.zsr.cc/zsrFocus/PostdoctorFocus/200604/20186.html
But archive of Boston Globe does not have it--or Sara Imas-- in English.
(c) Naturally one cannot rely on a single source. And I found Israel did accept Chinese Jews.
(2) 开封犹太后裔是不是犹太人 河南犹太后裔移民以国. 南方网讯, Aug. 6, 2002.
http://www.southcn.com/news/china/important/200208060849.htm
My comment: This report did interview an immigrant family. Follow the heading "首位开封犹太后裔移民以色列记事" about two third down.
(3) Anshel Pfeffer, Taking the Silk Route back home. Haaretz, June 27, 2008.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/992405.html
Quote:
"The two women [Jin Jin and Nina Wang] belong to one of the smallest Jewish communities in Israel - immigrants from Kaifeng, China - which numbers just 10 souls.
"Jin, 22, and Wang, 21, arrived in Israel at the beginning of 2006, together with two other friends from Kaifeng on tourist visas. They received temporary resident status after they begun conversion studies and received citizenship after undergoing a conversion ceremony in a rabbinical court.
Note:
(a) Haaretz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haaretz
(Hebrew for "the Land;" founded in 1919; Israel's oldest daily newspaper; Circulation: 72,000)
(b) A single photograph of these four immigrants appears in
http://www.filination.com/blog/2008/07/12/the-chinese-jews-the-kaifeng-chinese-integrate-in-israel/
【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: Matthew Fishbane, China’s Ancient Jewish Enclave. New York Times, Apr. 4, 2010.
: http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/travel/04journeys.html?scp=1&sq=kaifeng&st=cse
: ("China does not recognize Judaism as one of its five approved religions. * * * Jews are not considered one of the country’s 55 minorities. Though fo
: (以下引言省略...)
-- 作者: choi 时间: 4-5-2010 17:11 标题: Re: Jews in Ancient Kaifeng 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
Chinese "Jews" emigrate to Israel.
(1) History of the Jews in China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_China
Quote:
"Since their religious practices are functionally extinct, they are not eligible for expedited immigration to Israel under the Law of Return unless they explicitly convert.
"Sara Imas, the Shanghai-born daughter of Shanghai's Jewish Club president, Leiwi Imas, became the first Jewish-Chinese immigrant to Israel after the two countries established formal diplomatic relations in 1992. Leiwi Imas, who had to leave Germany for Poland in 1939, arrived in Shanghai the same year. He spent his final years in Shanghai until 1962, prior to the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. Although Sara Imas's non-Chinese appearance and family background brought her much trouble during the Cultural Revolution when she was accused of being a foreign capitalist and spy, today Sara Imas has returned to Shanghai, working as the Chinese representative of an Israeli diamond company.[25]
My comment:
(a) Reference 25 is:
Wang Shanshan and Li Jian, A Chinese Jew's tale of adversity and triumph. China Daily, July 27, 2005.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/27/content_463688.htm
(b) Oddly, in China Sara Imas is identified either in Romanization or 萨拉/沙拉·伊玛斯.
最后的上海犹太人家庭过逾越节. 波士顿环球报, Apr. 13, 2006.
http://www.zsr.cc/zsrFocus/PostdoctorFocus/200604/20186.html
But archive of Boston Globe does not have it--or Sara Imas-- in English.
(c) Naturally one cannot rely on a single source. And I found Israel did accept Chinese Jews.
(2) 开封犹太后裔是不是犹太人 河南犹太后裔移民以国. 南方网讯, Aug. 6, 2002.
http://www.southcn.com/news/china/important/200208060849.htm
My comment: This report did interview an immigrant family. Follow the heading "首位开封犹太后裔移民以色列记事" about two third down.
(3) Anshel Pfeffer, Taking the Silk Route back home. Haaretz, June 27, 2008.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/992405.html
Quote:
"The two women [Jin Jin and Nina Wang] belong to one of the smallest Jewish communities in Israel - immigrants from Kaifeng, China - which numbers just 10 souls.
"Jin, 22, and Wang, 21, arrived in Israel at the beginning of 2006, together with two other friends from Kaifeng on tourist visas. They received temporary resident status after they begun conversion studies and received citizenship after undergoing a conversion ceremony in a rabbinical court.
Note:
(a) Haaretz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haaretz
(Hebrew for "the Land;" founded in 1919; Israel's oldest daily newspaper; Circulation: 72,000)
(b) A single photograph of these four immigrants appears in
http://www.filination.com/blog/2008/07/12/the-chinese-jews-the-kaifeng-chinese-integrate-in-israel/
【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: Matthew Fishbane, China’s Ancient Jewish Enclave. New York Times, Apr. 4, 2010.
: http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/travel/04journeys.html?scp=1&sq=kaifeng&st=cse
: ("China does not recognize Judaism as one of its five approved religions. * * * Jews are not considered one of the country’s 55 minorities. Though fo
: (以下引言省略...)