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Sivan Kaynar Kissinger sings a number from 'Shimmer' (Channel 2 news)
April 15, 2017, 11:31 am
Kissinger’s niece portrays Jewish refugee in China
Sivan Kaynar Kissinger stars in Chinese musical about real-life Jewish family who fled Nazi Germany to Shanghai
By TOI staff
Some members of China's Jewish community in Kaifeng on the first night of Hanukkah, December 6, 2015. (Shavei Israel)
September 25, 2016, 8:25 am
Chinese authorities crack down on tiny Jewish community
Study center serving Kaifeng’s 1,000 Jews closed by authorities, public events canceled, report says
By TOI staff
Members of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community from across northeastern India gathering in Churachandpur, in the Indian state of Manipur, to celebrate Hanukkah, Dec. 8, 2015. (Shavei Israel)
December 11, 2015, 8:02 pm
Hanukkah worldwide, lifeline to a shared Jewish heritage
A celebration of the festival of lights in photographs, some from unexpected places
By Gabe Friedman
Members of the Kaifeng Chinese Jewish community light the menorah on the first night of Hanukkah, December 6, 2015. (Shavei Israel)
December 7, 2015, 9:49 am
Chinese descendants of Jews celebrate Hanukkah
Kaifeng community in northern China gathers to light menorahs along with the rest of the Jewish world
By Stuart Winer
Refugees in Shanghai during World War II. (screen capture:YouTube/HongKongHeritage)
August 24, 2015, 9:53 am
Shanghai showcases role in saving Jews during Holocaust
Exhibition detailing China’s role in sheltering thousands of Jewish refugees launches this week alongside 70th anniversary WWII victory celebrations
By Bill SAVADOVE
A scene from the documentary “Web Junkie,” which looks at one of some 400 military-style facilities to treat Internet addiction in China. (JTA/Dogwoof Global)
July 13, 2015, 4:39 pm
In China, Israeli filmmakers seek ‘cure’ for Internet addiction
Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia spent 3 months in ’web-rehab’ facility to chronicle how teens are weaned off the online world
By Rachel Delia Benaim
Jesse Appell, an American comedian living in Beijing, finds that Chinese audiences are eager to hear about his Jewish background. (Courtesy of Jesse Appell/JTA)
June 7, 2015, 3:05 am
Nice Jewish boy goes to China, becomes stand-up star
Comedian Jesse Appell’s humor doesn’t always translate, but his Mandarin Chinese sure is fluent
By Uriel Heilman
A young Jewish refugee and her Chinese girlfriends in Shanghai during World War II (photo credit: Courtesy Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum)
February 27, 2015, 9:26 pm
China, WJC to mark Shanghai ghetto liberation
More than 23,000 Jewish refugees lived in Chinese city 70 years ago, then occupied by Nazi-allied Japan
By JTA and TOI staff
Kaifeng (Photo Credit:CC BY-SA,drnantu/Flickr)
April 8, 2014, 1:19 pm
Chinese descendants of Jews return to roots with seder
Kaifeng, a once thriving outpost of Jewish trading families, to hold communal Passover meal
By Gavriel Fiske
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