History of the Jews in China
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The history of the Jewish people in China goes back to antiquity. Modern day Jews in China are predominantly composed of Sephardic Jews and their descendants. Other Jewish ethnic divisions are also re
Jews of Kaifeng, late 19th or early 20th century
Bird's eye view of the synagogue of Kaifeng.
A plaque commemorates the former Jewish Middle School in Harbin, now the No. 2 Korean Middle School.
Torah finial in the shape of a pagoda from 19th-century Shanghai (Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme)
Jewish ethnic divisions
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Jewish ethnic divisions refers to many distinctive communities within the world's Jewish population. Although external observers have only described "Jewish" as an ethnicity, there are distinct ethnic
History of the Jews in China
…the Jewish people in China goes back to antiquity. Modern day Jews in China are predominantly composed of Sephardic Jews and their descendants. Other Jewish ethnic divisions are also represented, including Ashkenazi Jews, Mizrahi Jews and a number of converts to Judaism. The Jewish Chinese community manifests a wide range…
Painting of a Jewish man from the Ottoman Empire, 1779
Jewish women in Algeria, 1851
The Suleiman ben Pinchas Cohen family of Yemen, circa 1944
Maltese Jews in Valletta, 19th century