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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
Quote: "当记者谈到已经有个家庭移民以色列的时候，张兴旺立刻表示'他们和我们是不一样的，我们是爱国的'。他承认是有开封犹太人以非法的途径跑出去的，不过这纯属于个人行为。他表示正是因为这家人姓金，所以这次学习希伯来语就没有邀请金家来。'我们首先承认我们是中国人，但是是有犹太血统的，是有中国特色的犹太人，我们教育孩子也是这么说，我们首先要热爱自己的国家。'
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
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