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Jordyn Haime

Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan, center, gestures as he attends a memorial ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance as he visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, Wednesday, October 24, 2018. (Gali Tibbon/Pool Photo via AP)
April 6, 2022, 5:43 am
Chinese media keeps referencing the Holocaust – here’s why
Experts say China’s state-run outlets draw attention to the 20,000 Jews who took refuge in Shanghai during WWII to deflect criticism of the regime’s treatment of minority Uighurs
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
Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to their talks in Beijing, China, on February 4, 2022. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
March 6, 2022, 1:03 pm
China adopts Russia’s ‘denazification’ myth to rationalize invasion of Ukraine
Official Chinese news sites have also published baseless claims that the US trained Ukrainian neo-Nazis to destabilize Hong Kong during protests there in 2019
By Jordyn Haime
Rabbi Yaakov Baruch makes a speech at the Shaar HaShamayim synagogue in Indonesia. (Yaakov Baruch via JTA)
February 10, 2022, 9:35 pm
Indonesia Muslim groups demand closure of country’s first-ever Holocaust exhibition
Display at country’s only synagogue criticized over claimed attempts by Israel to normalize relations; rabbi says he wants ‘to educate Indonesians on the danger of antisemitism’
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
A view from Tamanart, Morocco. (Marokko-erfahren/Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
January 2, 2022, 5:53 pm
Researchers discover ruins of 16th-century Jewish community in Morocco
Ruins of Tamanart synagogue found during preliminary survey of Jewish sites in area, thanks to locals who remembered Jewish neighbors leaving 70 years ago
By Jordyn Haime
The Jewish creators of 'West Side Story,' Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents, on the opening night of the original Broadway musical, on September 26, 1957. (Ben Martin/Getty Images/ via JTA)
December 12, 2021, 2:53 am
Jews were behind the original ‘West Side Story’ and today’s remake. Should they be?
Originally titled ‘East Side Story,’ the musical was about warring Jews and Catholics and was altered to reflect a changing NYC. Now, critics ask: Is the classic truly ‘timeless’?
By Jordyn Haime
The New Hampshire State House in Concord, Feb. 3, 2020. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
December 6, 2021, 1:49 pm
New Hampshire legislature leaders condemn antisemitism among state representatives
Statement comes after Democrat Rep. Maria Perez calls Israel an apartheid state and tweets ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’
By Jordyn Haime
Rabbi Moti Grumach with some Hanukkah-styled Japanese koma tops and traditional dreidels. (Courtesy/Moti Grumach via JTA)
December 4, 2021, 11:50 pm
In Kyoto, traditional Japanese candles and tops get Hanukkah spin
Chabad emissary in Japan gives local crafts a Jewish twist, forging a connection between cultures and boosting small businesses hurt by the pandemic
By Jordyn Haime
In this undated file photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Defense, a Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location (Taiwan Ministry of Defense via AP, File)
October 21, 2021, 9:04 am
Chinese state-run news site proposes ‘final solution to the Taiwan question’
German lawmaker compares statement to Nazi rhetoric, says ‘alarm bells should ring for us’
By Jordyn Haime
Rabbi Ephraim Einhorn with members of the Taiwan Jewish Community group at his 99th birthday party in 2017. (Courtesy of Zoy Chang)
September 16, 2021, 7:31 pm
Taiwan’s longtime rabbi, whose life brimmed with global intrigue, dies at 103
Vienna-born Ephraim Einhorn, who developed Taipei community after a lifetime of clandestine missions and a helping of self-publicity, passes away hours before Yom Kippur
By Jordyn Haime
Ofer Avgil says many Taiwanese identify with Israel's geopolitical circumstances. (Courtesy)
May 7, 2021, 2:00 am
In Taiwan market, an Israeli expat hawks ‘exotic’ falafel balls
Ofer Avgil’s fast food stall stands out in Kaohsiung’s Ruifeng night market, where locals stuff themselves with the novel fare
By Jordyn Haime
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