Kaifeng Jews Totally at Home at Israel

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Benjamin Haas, Chinese Jews Feel More at Home in Israel; Descendants of Persian traders in Kaifeng, China, move to Israel with the help of a religious group and finally learn Jewish rules and traditions. Los Angeles Times, Oct 16, 2011
http://www.latimes.com/news/nati ... china-jews-20111016,0,1440710.story
("More recent arrivals have been in their early 20s and most have felt more at home in Israel than in Kaifeng")
Note:
(a) Deckers Outdoor Corporation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deckers_Outdoor_Corporation
(section 1 Teva)
(b) Shavei Israel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavei_Israel
(Hebrew for Israel Returns)
(c) Freund is German or Jewish surname that means "friend" in German.
(d) Shlomo (derived from anotehr Hebrew word shalom peace) is Hebrew for Solomon.
(e) rabbinate (n):
"1: the office or tenure of a rabbi
2: the whole body of rabbis"
www.m-w.com

-----------------------Separately
(1) Barbara Demick, China Keeps Quiet About Central Committee Session. Los Angeles Times, Oct 19, 2011
http://www.latimes.com/news/nati ... hina-party-20111019,0,1290121.story
("There were no balloons, no banners, no rallies or slogans. The official Chinese press maintained radio silence and even the country's looser-lipped bloggers didn't dare to speculate on what happened behind closed doors")

(2) Steven Mufson, US Solar Manufacturers to File Dumping Charges Against Chinese Firms. Washington Post, Oct 19, 2011.

(3) Allen McDuffee, Asia Society selects Richard McGregor’s ‘The Party’ for $20,000 Book Prize. Washington Post, Oct 19, 2011 (blog)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/bl ... IQAAnuZxL_blog.html
“The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers” has won the third annual Bernard Schwartz Book Award.

(4) Ellen McCarthy, ESPN’s Lindsay Czarniak and MSNBC’s Craig Melvin Wed. Washington Post, Oct 18, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/li ... QAjfxVtL_story.html

Note:
(a) For NBC4, see WRC-TV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRC-TV
(channel 4 in Washington DC; owned and operated television station of the NBC television network)
(b) Both Virginia and Maryland has Centreville. But the one in Maryland is way too remote.

Centreville, Virginia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centreville,_Virginia
(20 miles (32 km) west of DC)
(c) Westport, connecticut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westport,_Connecticut
(d) City of Bristol, Connecticut, is 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Hartford.