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Pages: 168
Authors: Xin Xu
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Even today there are people in Kaifeng who remain aware of their ancestry and register as Jews on official census forms.
The Chinese Jews of Kaifeng
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Pages: 291
Authors: Anson H. Laytner
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-21 - Publisher: Lexington Books

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This scholarly collection examines the origins, history, and contemporary nature of Chinese Judaism in the community of Kaifeng. These essays, written by a dive
The Haggadah of the Kaifeng Jews of China
Language: en
Pages: 232
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Categories: Social Science
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This comprehensive, textual treatment of the Kaifeng Passover Rite is a significant contribution to the ongoing discussion of the community’s origins in parti
The Jews of China: Historical and comparative perspectives
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Jonathan Goldstein
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An impressive interdisciplinary effort by Chinese, Japanese, Middle Eastern, and Western Sinologists and Judaic Studies specialists, these books scrutinize patt
Jews in Old China
Language: en
Pages: 308
Authors: Sidney Shapiro
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The accidental discovery in the 17th century of a Jewish community in the city of Kaifeng, and the findings there by Jesuit missionaries, marked the beginning o