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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 426

Hong Kong Jewish community

Seth Fischer climbs up to The Peak in Hong Kong, May 2023. (Courtesy Seth Fischer)
July 7, 2023, 10:55 am
Hong Kong gets an eruv, releasing its observant Jews from Shabbat confinement
The inauguration of the symbolic area in which Jews may carry objects on the Sabbath upgrades the weekend routine of dozens of observant community members, as well as visitors
By Canaan Lidor
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 14, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 14, 2023, 1:16 pm
Daily Briefing June 14: Fateful voting day in Knesset for judicial picks
Knesset correspondent Tal Schneider discusses choosing MKs for Judicial Selection Committee; Diaspora affairs reporter Canaan Lidor looks at Lithuanian PM speech and Hong Kong eruv
By ToI Staff
A view of Schragel’s Bagels in Hong Kong. (Jordyn Haime/ JTA)
June 30, 2022, 1:30 am
In Hong Kong, dreams for a new Jewish deli devolve into a war between owners
A dispute is going public via the restaurant’s social media, splitting the public and airing unsavory accusations of harassment, mob-like activity and cultural appropriation
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
Protesters with umbrellas and protective gear face off with riot police at Kowloon Bay in Hong Kong, August 24, 2019. (Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)
August 29, 2019, 5:42 am
Why most Jews in Hong Kong are not involved with the protests
The one-time British colony now controlled by China has a number of Jewish institutions and a community of 5,000, but they quote a number of reasons for avoiding the demonstrations
By Josefin Dolsten
The director-general of investment promotion, Simon Galpin, introduces the launch of Invest Hong Kong's 2014 StartMeUpHK Venture Program (Photo credit: Courtesy)
June 20, 2014, 1:34 pm
Hong Kong offers Israeli start-ups ‘soft’ China landing
Setting up shop on the Mainland is difficult, but Simon Galpin, head of InvestHK has a better idea
By David Shamah
A student with her art at the 'Oasis of Survival and Hope' exhibit in Hong Kong. (photo credit: Erica Lyons)
October 25, 2013, 6:57 pm
In a Hong Kong walkway, a very public Holocaust exhibit
Students from two local schools create art to be shown alongside that of children from Terezin, for a mass audience with a lot to learn
By Erica Lyons
The inaugural Elsa High School graduating class. (photo credit: Denise Pontak)
June 7, 2013, 8:12 pm
Hong Kong graduates its first Jewish high school class
Though there are only four graduates, they are the realization of a communal dream begun in 1991 with a dozen toddlers
By Erica Lyons
The Holocaust center library. (photo credit: Erica Lyons)
May 16, 2012, 3:10 am
Teaching the Holocaust in Hong Kong
Inaugurated this week, the Hong Kong Tolerance and Holocaust Centre puts the atrocities of the Shoah into context by using Chinese national examples, such as the Rape of Nanking
By Erica Lyons
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