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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

Asian Jewish communities

Leah Ai Tian is the hero of 'The Last Jewish Daughter of Kaifeng.' (FairSquare Comics via JTA)
May 20, 2023, 4:18 am
Asian-Jewish superhero fights 1970s Chinese mob in new comic book
First character of her kind in the medium battles to save parents, members of China’s Kaifeng Jewish community
By Julian Voloj
From left: Brod goreng, corn fritters and negi latkes. (Screenshot from YouTube/Beqs Kitchen/Rosita Goldstein/Jeremy Freeman via JTA)
December 24, 2022, 5:51 am
4 Hanukkah recipes from across Asia that mix local cultures with Diaspora traditions
Some Jewish communities on the continent are said to go back millenia, while others stem from more recent arrivals – but they all have their own delicious take on Jewish cuisine
By Jordyn Haime
Jews 'have special emotions toward the Chinese,' Rabbi Matt Trusch explains in a Douyin video aimed at the vast Chinese audience. (Courtesy/ via JTA)
August 26, 2022, 5:40 am
A Texas rabbi is fighting Jewish stereotypes on China’s TikTok
Matt Trusch lived in China for years, but it’s been tough to go back to visit during the pandemic era. Now he’s found a way to connect with Chinese speakers that has gone viral
By Jordyn Haime
Purim in Shanghai, 2020. (courtesy, Hannah Maia Frishberg/ via JTA)
March 25, 2022, 12:34 pm
New strict COVID regulations in Far East push Jewish communities to adapt creatively
As the pandemic achieves some normalcy in North America after two years, Asia’s ‘zero COVID’ countries are in their third year — and a new wave
By Jordyn Haime
Singapore’s Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law K. Shanmugam tours the museum with Nash Benjamin, center, the president of Singapore’s Jewish Welfare Board, and the Chief Rabbi of Singapore Mordechai Abergel. (Jewish Welfare Board of Singapre/ via JTA)
January 9, 2022, 12:23 am
A new museum tells the story of Singapore’s Jews, starting with their Baghdad roots
Countless landmarks in the city pay homage to the contributions and rich 200-year history of the small Jewish community, which now has a place to showcase its achievements
By Jordyn Haime
NaTang, left, and Jeffrey D. Schwartz inspect the rooftop plaza in Taiwan's new Jewish community center, currently under construction. (Glenn Leibowitz)
July 28, 2021, 3:48 pm
Taiwan to open its first-ever permanent Jewish community center
Non-denominational complex, funded by the Jeffrey D. Schwartz and NaTang JTCA, expected to launch in December; it will feature a synagogue, kosher restaurant, classrooms and more
By Yaakov Schwartz
A group photo at the Jewish Community of Taiwan's 2021 Purim party. (Archi Chang/ via JTA)
March 27, 2021, 3:05 am
Taiwan’s small Jewish community gears up for big Passover party — sans masks
As the small island off China remains blessedly untouched by COVID, its diverse group of Jews prepare to welcome this holiday like all others
By Gabe Friedman
Rabbi Shalom Greenberg distributed thousands of masks and aid kits to Jews and non-Jews in Shanghai's Hongkou district. (Courtesy Chabad Shanghai)
March 16, 2020, 11:56 pm
As virus ravages Asia, Jews carry on through faith in God and fellow man
Despite longstanding measures to maintain distance, communities across China, Japan, and Korea manage to still come together — and are even planning for communal Passovers
By Rich Tenorio
Sammy Samuels, the de facto leader of Myanmar’s remaining Jewish community, inside Yangon’s synagogue. (Charles Dunst)
January 14, 2019, 3:30 am
In repressive Myanmar, a tiny Jewish community hangs on to the past
Sammy Samuels, the de facto leader of the Southeast Asian nation’s remaining Jews, has hope for the future — but the country’s fraught politics are putting any growth at risk
By Charles Dunst
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