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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 472

Jordyn Haime

Illustrative: A relative takes a photo of his family, members of the Bnai Menashe community, leaving for Israel at Tulihal Airport in Imphal, India, December 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
January 5, 2024, 10:10 pm
Bnei Menashe community disputes Israeli reports of 7 killed in India violence
Crossed wires during a Knesset committee meeting may have led to a misunderstanding, say community leaders, stressing that their situation is dire enough without exaggerating it
By Jordyn Haime
An estimated 200 young Bnei Menashe men have joined the Israeli military's war effort. (Courtesy of Degel Menashe via JTA)
December 9, 2023, 3:44 pm
Since Hamas atrocities, Bnei Menashe Jews face enemies on two fronts
Many of the Jewish immigrants from Manipur and Mizoram live in areas hardest hit in the Oct. 7 massacre; while they serve in the IDF, others in India suffer from sectarian violence
By Jordyn Haime
Indonesian Rabbi Yaakov Baruch, right, speaks with a member of the Jewish community at his synagogue in Tondano, North Sulawesi, February 17, 2017. (Bay Ismoyo/AFP)
December 4, 2023, 1:19 am
Despite unrest in Indonesia, a Jewish community finds peace among other faith groups
The Israel-Hamas war brings near-daily protests in a Muslim-majority country where few distinguish between Israel and Jews, but cooperation with local Christians provides stability
By Jordyn Haime
Illustrative: Visitors at the Wave Summit in Beijing, China on August 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
November 9, 2023, 1:01 pm
Since Oct. 7 Hamas massacre, antisemitism has exploded online in China
Viral video taunts parents of half-Chinese Israeli-born Noa Argamani, held hostage by Hamas; other posts criticize actions against Palestinians, compare Israel to Nazi Germany
By Jordyn Haime
A member of the Bnei Menashe community in northeastern India works to construct a temporary structure used in celebrating Sukkot. (Courtesy Shavei Israel via JTA)
October 6, 2023, 10:11 am
Displaced by ethnic violence, India’s Bnei Menashe Jews construct sukkahs nonetheless
As conflict in the northeastern state of Manipur enters its sixth month, a Jewish community fleeing decimated homes and burned synagogues is starting to see its exile as permanent
By Jordyn Haime
'Zhen Yu and the Snake,' by Erica Lyons. (Courtesy via JTA)
October 2, 2023, 6:33 am
Talmudic tale with 12th-century Chinese twist expands Jewish world for young minds
In ‘Zhen Yu and the Snake,’ author Erica Lyons adapts a well-known story about Rabbi Akiva’s daughter while also highlighting China’s rich Jewish history
By Jordyn Haime
Austin Haeems with his etrog trees in Ahmedabad, India. (Courtesy of Haeems/via JTA)
September 29, 2023, 2:51 am
Why are Asian Jews importing etrogs on Sukkot even though their countries grow them?
With the discovery of the Chinese ‘Buddha’s hand’ citron, debates over the kashrut of local fruit have caused some Jewish residents to order etrogs from Israel or elsewhere online
By Jordyn Haime
Jeremy Freeman, in the kitchen of his Freeman Shokudo restaurant, in Tokyo, Japan. (Jordyn Haime via JTA)
August 23, 2023, 10:39 am
US expat brings Jewish comfort food to Tokyo’s hip culinary scene
Jeremy Freeman and his wife Maiko opened Freeman Shokudo in 2021 after moving to Japan, selling classics like pastrami sandwiches, but also some deeply unkosher choices
By Jordyn Haime
Nobuki Sugihara and family at a ceremony honoring his late father Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania in 1940 who issued transit visas that saved thousands of Jews (Times of Israel)
August 1, 2023, 8:42 pm
Researchers say Japan exaggerated the story of ‘Japanese Schindler’ Chiune Sugihara
In recent years, the Lithuania-based diplomat who issued thousands of visas to Jews became a household name – but is his lionization part of a familiar post-Holocaust phenomenon?
By Jordyn Haime
Over 100 Bnei Menashe have taken shelter in a synagogue in Mizoram amid sectarian violence. (Shavei Israel via JTA)
June 19, 2023, 5:33 am
India’s Bnei Menashe community in crisis as Manipur rocked by ethnic violence
NGO Shavei Israel says 1 Jewish victim has been killed, over 1,000 displaced, and 2 synagogues burned as houses and businesses of the minority Kuki tribe are razed
By Jordyn Haime
Nazis are villains in the "Hellsing" series and many other anime shows. (Screenshot/ YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 4, 2023, 2:57 am
Does anime have a Nazi problem? Some Jewish fans think so
Japanese animation medium hit with criticism for alleged glorification of antisemitism, fascism; some experts say Nazi references more to do with Japan’s history, culture
By Jordyn Haime
Israeli Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau, third from bottom right, meets with Jeffrey Schwartz, third from left, at the Jeffrey D. Schwartz Jewish Community Center in Taipei, in February 2023. (Courtesy of the Jeffrey D. Schwartz and Na Tang Jewish Taiwan Cultural Association)
March 2, 2023, 8:50 am
Israeli chief rabbi visits Taiwan in milestone for country’s Jewish community
David Lau participates in ceremony dedicating cultural center, attends regional summit of rabbis, meets with Taiwanese officials; says impressed by locals’ dedication to tradition
By Jordyn Haime
Ho Feng-Shan poses for a photo taken while he was a Chinese consul in Egypt. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images/ via JTA)
February 20, 2023, 4:45 pm
Historical fiction novel about real-life Chinese rescuer of Jews sparks controversy
The daughter of Ho Feng-Shan, a Vienna-based diplomat who in WWII issued thousands of illicit exit visas to Shanghai, protests the blurring of fact and fiction in ‘Night Angels’
By Jordyn Haime
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
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