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Jewish China and Jewish Asia Resources on the Web
Compiled by Joy Katzen-Guthrie


I have recently updated this page to allow for location of resources by subject matter. You'll find a much extended list of current links ~ more than 1,000 of them!

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Joy Katzen-Guthrie, joyfulnoise@earthlink.net

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LINKS/RESOURCES:

CHINA EARTHQUAKE and MYANMAR CYCLONE RELIEF EFFORTS

Aftershocks Continue in China as Local Jews Distribute Water and Blankets, By Joshua Runyan, May 15, 2008, chabad.org
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Myanmar Cyclone and China Earthquake Relief Efforts, Making a Donation
Chabad of Hong Kong Earthquake Relief Effort
Children Create Aid Packages from Ganeinu School of Beijing, Photos and Hebrew-Language Report
Chinese Jewish Community Offers Spiritual and Material Support After Quake, Tamar Runyan, May 14, 2008, chabad.org
Congregation Beeth Elohim, Brooklyn, Cyclone and Earthquake Relief
Ganeinu International School of Beijing Earthquake Relief
Earthquake Epicenter a Popular Hangout for Israelis, Tamar Runyan, May 11, 2008, chabad.org
IsraAID in Burma, United Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto Burma Relief Fund
Israel Earthquake Relief Reports, Consulate-General of Israel, Shanghai
Israel sends aid for Chinese earthquake relief, May 25, 2008, Associate Press
Israel sends aid to China, May 27, 2008, Baltimore Jewish Times
Israel sends aid to China and is touched by rescue, May 26, 2008, Alison KlaymanJTA
Jewish Federation Disaster Relief Funds, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
The Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley China Earthquake Relief Fund
K. Hannah Holtschneider Holocaust Relations Mountain Institute China Program
Missing Israeli Students Found After Earthquake In China, May 16, 2008, Alison Klayman, JTA Wire Service
Two Israeli Students Remain Missing After Devastating Chinese Quake, Tamar Runyan, May 13, 2008, chabad.org

RECOMMENDED READING OR VIEWING ON JEWISH ASIA & JEWISH CHINA (Books, Videos, DVDs)

A Special Fate: Chiune Sugihara : Hero of the Holocaust by Alison Leslie Gold
Bridge Across Broken Time: Chinese and Jewish Cultural Memory, by Vera Schwarcz
China and the Jewish People, Old Civilizations in a New Era, by Dr. Shalom Salomon Wald
China Dreams: Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin (Singular Lives), by Isabelle Maynard
Chinese and Jews: Encounters Between Cultures, by Irene Eber
Chinese Jews: A Compilation of Matters Relating to the Jews of K'aifeng Fu, By William Charles White, Ronald James Williams
The Covenant and the Mandate of Heaven: An In-Depth Comparative Cultural Study of Judaism and China, by Tiberiu Weisz
Dropped from Heaven: Stories of the Bene Israel Community of India, by Sophie Judah
Fragile Branches: Travels through the Jewish Diaspora by James R. Ross
The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story Of The Japanese And The Jews During World War II, by Marvin Tokayer
Ghetto Shanghai, by Evelyn Pike Rubin
In Search of Sugihara: The Elusive Japanese Dipolomat Who Risked his Life to Rescue 10,000 Jews From the Holocaust, by Hillel Levine
Japanese Diplomats and Jewish Refugees: A World War II Dilemma, by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto
Jewish Communities in Exotic Places, by Ken Blady
Jewish Cultural Tapestry: International Jewish Folk Traditions by Steven M. Lowenstein
The Jews in China, 2005, by Pan Guang
The Jews in China, 2001, by Pan Guang
Jews in Old China: Studies by Chinese Scholars, by Sidney Shapiro
Jews in Places You Never Thought of, by Karen Primack, Editor
The Jews in Shanghai (Youtai Ren Zai Shanghai) by Pan Guang
The Jews of Kaifeng, China: History, Culture, and Religion, Xu Xin
The Kaifeng Stone Inscriptions: : The Legacy of the Jewish Community in Ancient China, by Tiberiu Weisz
Legends of the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng, by Xu Xin with Beverly Friend
The Man Who Stayed Behind, by Sidney Rittenberg
Mandarins, Jews, And Missionaries: Jewish Experience In The Chinese Empire, by Michael Pollak
My China: Jewish Life in the Orient 1900-1950, by Yaacov Liberman
Orientalism and the Jews, by Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Jonathan Penslar
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story, by Ken Mochizuki
Peony, by Pearl S. Buck
Place and Memory in the Singing Crane Garden, by Vera Schwarcz
Port of Last Resort: The Diaspora Communities of Shanghai (Book) by Marcia Ristaino
Port of Last Resort: Zuflucht in Shanghai (DVD)
Shanghai Ghetto, The Documentary Film
Shanghai Ghetto, Digital Download, The Documentary Film
Shanghai Refuge: A Memoir of the World War II Jewish Ghetto, by Ernest G. Heppner
Shanghai Remembered... Stories Of Jews Who Escaped To Shanghai From Nazi Europe, by Berl Falbaum
Strange Haven: A Jewish Childhood in Wartime Shanghai, by Sigmund Tobias
Strangers Always: A Jewish Family in Wartime Shanghai, by Reno Krasno
Sugihara - Conspiracy of Kindness (DVD)
The Survival of the Chinese Jews: The Jewish Community of Kaifeng, by Donald Leslie
Ten Green Bottles: The True Story of One Family's Journey from War-torn Austria to the Ghettos of Shanghai, by Vivian Jeanette Kaplan
To Wear the Dust of War: From Bialystok to Shanghai to the Promised Land, an Oral History, by Samuel Iwry
To Wear the Dust of War: From Bialystok to Shanghai to the Promised Land, an Oral History (Kindle Edition), by Samuel Iwry
The Torah Scrolls of the Chinese Jews, by Michael Pollak
Two-Gun Cohen: A Biography, by Daniel S. Levy
Wanderers and Settlers in the Far East: A Century of Jewish Life in China and Japan, Herman Dicker
Wanderers and Settlers In The Far East A Century Of Jewish Life in the Far East, by Herman Dicker
Who Are the Jews of India? by Nathan Katz


CHIUNE SUGIHARA • VISAS FOR LIFE • RIGHTEOUS AMONG NATIONS

100th Anniversary of China's Shindler Marked, China People's Daily, September 10, 2001
100th Anniversary of China's Shindler Marked, China Cable Television, September 10, 2001
A Special Fate: Chiune Sugihara : Hero of the Holocaust by Alison Leslie Gold
A Special Fate: Chiune Sugihara: Hero of the Holocaust, Review by Pamela Blevins, Brink Junior High
A Special Fate: Chiune Sugihara: Hero of the Holocaust, Teacher Guide
After 50 years Japan finally recognizes the actions of Chiune Sugihara, who is called the Japanese Schindler, Oct 31, 2000, Business Wire
Against All Odds: The Decade-long Journey to Bring 'SUGIHARA' to the Screen, Diane Estelle Vicari, May 5, 2005, International Documentary Association
Australian Memories of the Holocaust: Sugihara & Shibata
Author Finds Startling Details in Saga of Sugihara and Jews, Leslie Pearl, Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, October 26, 1996
Academy Award-winning tale of heroism now available on home video, November 27, 1998, Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
China: Visas For Life, Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance Multimedia Learning Center Online
Chiune (Sempo) Sugihara: Righteous among the Nations Lesson Plan for High School Students, Yad Vashem
Chiune and Yukiko Sugihara, American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, Jewish Virtual Library, 2001
Chiune Sugihara, Wikipedia
Chiune Sugihara: A Man Who Cared, A Man of Action, Yoshie Tanabe, April 2003, JACL Hawaii Newsletter (pdf document)
Chiune Sugihara Bibliography, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C.
Chiune Sugihara, The “Japanese Schindler,” Zamira Chenn, Jewish Post
Chiune Sugihara - The Savior of Thousands of Jews During the Holocaust, Mark Goldsmith, May, 2001, I. L. Peretz Community Jewish School
Chiune Sugihara Memorial, Hero of the Holocaust, Ramon G. Velazco, 2002
Chiune Sugihara's Strange Conspiracy of Goodness, by Ari Zivotofsky, Jewish World Review
Considering Other Choices: Chiune Sugihara's Rescue of Polish Jews (pdf document)
Escape from Poland Through Poland to Japan and China, Flight and Rescue Exhibit, U.S. US Holocaust Museum, April 2000
The Heroism of Chiune Sugihara, Veronica Green, Remember.org
A Hidden Life: A Short Introduction to Chiune Sugihara, Stephen Keeler, Fall 2003
Hiroki Sugihara, son of 'Japanese Schindler,' dies at 64, Joe Eskenazi, June 22, 2001, Jewish News Weekly of Northern Callifornia
The Holocaust Album: Chiune Sugihara, Website of Ron Greene
Holocaust Memorial Museum's Flight and Rescue Exhibition - Japanese and Dutch Diplomats Save 2,100, Gad Nahshon, Jewish Post
Holocaust Survivor's Life Touched by the Japanese, Caroline Aoyagi-Stom, Executive Editor, September 7, 2007, Pacific American
Honoring the Righteous, By Brianne Korn, Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
How a Buttonhole Camera Kept Kovno’s Past Alive, Masha Leon, September 19, 2003, Jewish Daily Forward
Hundreds Gather at Beth-El to Honor WWII Japanese Diplomat, David Scharfenberg, Jewish Weekly News of Northern California, December 20, 2002
In Search of Sugihara: The Elusive Japanese Dipolomat Who Risked his Life to Rescue 10,000 Jews From the Holocaust, by Hillel Levine
Institute for the Study of Rescue and Altruism in the Holocaust, A Project Honoring Individuals and Organizations That Rescued Jews and Others During the Holocaust, 1933-45
Japan During the Holocaust Years as Seen from the New Documentation, Holocaust Survivors and Remembrance Project
Japanese and Dutch Diplomats Save 2,100: Holocaust Memorial Museum's Flight and Rescue Exhibition, Jewish Post of New York, June 2000
Japanese Diplomats and Jewish Refugees: A World War II Dilemma, Review of book by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto, 1999
Japanese Diplomats and Jewish Refugees: A World War II Dilemma, by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto
Japanese Diplomats and Jewish Refugees: a World War II Dilemma, (Book Review from: Canadian Journal of History), Digital Download
Japanese Holocaust Rescurer - Chiune Sugihara, YouTube
The Japanese Schindler, Fred Tasker, Night Ridder News Service
The Japanese Schindler, Immortal Chaplains Foundation Prize For Humanity 2000
Japanese Schindler' and 2,100 Visas for Jews, Roberta Hershenson, May 12, 1996, New York Times
Jewish Aid and Rescue, Holocaust Encyclopedia
Lifesaver Hero: Chiune and Yukiko Sugihara, Eric Saul, 1995, myhero.com
Marco Paulo Photolog, Levantine Blog Site (scroll down for photo of Shanghai Jewish sites)
Memorial Plaque to Sugihara To Go Up At Foreign Ministry, FindArticles.com, Tokyo, August 7, 2000
Multimedia Learning Center: Visas For Life, Simon Wiesenthal Center
On Chiune Sugihara, by Anthony Porco
One More Great Man In The World: Chiune Sugihara, Abu Hasnat
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story, by Ken Mochizuki
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story (Children's Review Article from The Horn Book Magazine) Digital Download, Hanna B. Zeiger
Righteous And Courageous: How a Japanese Diplomat Saved Thousands Of Jews In Lithuania From The Holocaust, by Carl L. Steinhouse
Samuil Manski: Recipient of Sugihara Visa, Visas For Life
San Francisco Community Leader Saved by Japanese Shindler Dies, Leslie Katz, Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, September 3, 1999
"Schindler" Sugihara's Goodwill Led Others to Help Jews, FindArticles.com, Tokyo, February 28, 2000
Searching for Sugihara, jewishsightseeing.com
Sempo Sugihara: A Righteous Person, by Chris Salierno, An End to Intolerance Magazine
Sempo Sugihara, Yad Vashem Memorial
Sempo Sugihara Remembered, Chris Salierno, Cold Spring Harbor High School, New York
Shaoul Levy's Tribute to Chiune Sugihara, by Anne Hoshiko Akabori with Andrea Rademan, June 2003
Sugihara Foundation: Diplomats for Life, Kovno, Lithuania
Sugihara Office Japan
Sugihara Project, Dr. David Eagleman
Sugihara Story, National Museum for Jewish Culture, 1997
The Sugihara Story (pdf document)
Sugihara - Conspiracy of Kindness (DVD)
Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness, Readings, PBS.org
Sugihara’s List, Andrea & L. Rademan, March 2003
Virtue: Sempo Sugihara, A Play by Koichi Hiraishi, Reviewed by CurtainUp, January 18, 1998
Visas and Virtue (1997 Film), Imdb
Visas and Virtue From Stage to Screen
Visas and Virtue, Wikipedia
Visas for Life by Yukiko Sugihara
Visas For Life, Simon Wiesenthal Center, 1997
Visas For Life: Centennial Celebration in Japan to Honor Chiune Sugihara
Visas for Life: An excerpt from the book by Yukiko Sugihara - Part 2, Susan Yee, May 2003
Visas for Life: 1900-2000 Centennial Celebration in Japan to Honor Chiune Sugihara, Chiune Sugihara Centennial Celebration Committee 2000
Visas for Life: 1900-2000 Centennial Celebration in Japan ~ Sugihara: A History, Chiune Sugihara Centennial Celebration Committee 2000
Visas for Life exhibit recognizes diplomats who saved Jews, Dana Bisbee, September 18, 2002, Boston Herald
Wife of the "Japanese Schindler" takes action, November 23 2002, theage.com.au


HO FENG-SHAN • FENG-SHAN HO • VISAS FOR LIFE • RIGHTEOUS GENTILES

100th Anniversary of Birth of China's Shindler Marked, People's Daily, September 10, 2001, www.china.org.cn
100th Anniversary of Birth of China's Shindler Marked, People's Daily, September 10, 2001, Chinese Cable Television
The Angel of Austria's Jews, Mark O'Neil, South China Morning Post
Asian American Heritage/Notable Asian Americans: Feng-Shan Ho, Teacher.Scholastic.com
Ceremonies to Honor Righteous Among the Nations, YadVashem.org
Chengdu show commemorates China's Schindler, November 29, 2002, China Society For Human Rights Studies
China's Schindler:Dr.Fengshan Ho, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the State of Israel
Chinese Official Named Righteous Among the Nations, by Jonathan Krashinsky, Jerusalem Post, November 2000
Chinese Shindler Remembered, a collection of articles
Commentary on Visa Question, Lotte Marcus, PhD, August 8, 2003, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Courageous diplomat lauded, April 11, 2000, China Daily
Der "Schindler von China": Ho Fengshan und die Visa zum Überleben von Kai Portmann für dpa, March 2002
Diplomat acted to save lives, Li Xing, ChinaDaily.com
Diplomatic Rescue: Shanghai as a Means of Escape, Manli Ho, rickshaw.org
Dr. Feng-Shan Ho, Manli Ho, OCA Seattle Chapter
Exhibit opens on 'Chinese Schindler' who lived in S.F., Andy Altman-Ohr, February 25, 2000, Jewish News Weekly of Northern California,
Feng-Shan Ho, Virtual Jewish Library
Feng-Shan Ho: Diplomat and Rescuer of Jews, by James Wong, McGill Refugee Research Project
Feng-Shan Ho to be Honored as Righteous Among Nations, Kokhaviv Publications, January 22, 2001
Feng-Shan Ho and the Rescue of Austrian Jews, Vancouver Net
History re-edited, Summer-Fall 2004, Lotte Marcus, findarticles.com
Holocaust exhibition reveals moral courage of diplomats, By Hope Green, September 2002, B.U. Bridge
Honoring the Righteous, By Brianne Korn, Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
Hotel Shanghai, Jyanni Steffanson
How envoy rescued thousands, Mike Wereschagin, April 25, 2006, Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Remembering my Father, Dr Feng Shan Ho, Manli Ho, September 26, 2007, China Daily)
In Seattle, a tribute to a Chinese man who saved Jewish lives, Yellowworld.org
Institute for the Study of Rescue and Altruism in the Holocaust, A Project Honoring Individuals and Organizations That Rescued Jews and Others During the Holocaust, 1933-45
Israel Honors Chinese Diplomat For Saving Jews From Holocaust, English People's Daily, October 25, 2000
Israel remembers 'China's Schindler', Li Xiaokun, September 28, 2007, China Daily
Jews in Shanghai: The Story of Survival, Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto
Landau's Life Inspires Hope and Courage, by Rachel G. Thomas
Lecture and Film Series on World War II: Keynote Speaker Manli Ho: May 2008, Washington DC, norway.org
Obituary: Feng Shan Ho, Pamela Burdman, October 3, 1997, San Francisco Chronicle
Searching for a Righteous Diplomat: Feng-Shan Ho, AOL Hometown
Son of Righteous Gentile to Keynote Yom Hashoa Program, United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh
Trailing Her Father, Woman Finds Hero, Sara Isadora Mancuso, Philadelphia Inquirer
Trailing Her Father, Woman Finds Hero, cont., Sara Isadora Mancuso, Philadelphia Inquirer
Tribute to a Man Who Saved Jewish Lives, by Gina Kim, Oklahoma Daily, May 29, 2002
Tribute to Feng-Shan Ho, 2nd Session, 36th Parliament, March 21, 2000
Visas for Life exhibit recognizes diplomats who saved Jews, Dana Bisbee, September 18, 2002, Boston Herald


JEWISH ADOPTION of Chinese & Asian Children

A Bridge Between Cultures: Jewish Couple Adopts Biracial Children, adoption.com
Adoption & the Jewish Family, by Shelley Kapnek Rosenberg
Adoption: The Changing Face of the Jewish Community, Merry Madway Eisenstadt & Debra Nussbaum Cohen, February 3, 2000, Washington Jewish Week
Adoptive Jewish Families Head Back to China, Daniel Levisohn, February 27, 2008, Jewish Daily Forward
All-American, with One foot in China, March 27, 2004, Kari Huus, MSNBC
Bamboo Cradle: A Jewish Father's Story, by Avraham Schwartzbaum
The Bamboo Cradle Revisited: An Adoption Story, Review by Myra Hettleman
Being Leah Bloom: When both Sung-Nam and Jerusalem beckon, Julie Subrin, March 20, 2006, Nextbook
Better Off Than You Would Have Been: Feminist Legacies for Transnational Adoptive Families in the Jewish Community, Jessica Radin, Project Muse
Adoptive parents grapple with race, culture and growing up, Kari Huus, MSNBC
Chinese Daughters bring joy, new traditions to Tucson family, Kaye Patchett, Arizona Jewish Post
Communities Transformed, Debra Nussbaum Cohen, JTA
Converting Our Adopted Daughter To My Husband's Religion, by Karen Loftus Zaretsky, InterfaithFamily.com
Crossing Cultures: Creating Identity in Chinese and Jewish American Literature, Judith Oster, University of Missouri Press
Dual Identity, Double the Questions: It's not easy being Jewish and Chinese, July 14, 2007, JewishJournal.com
Families with Children from China
Ghosts of the Orphanage (In Five Parts), American Radio Works
How Do You Say "Happy Chanukah" In Mandarin? Daniela Gerson, December 23, 2003, New York Sun
How Jews blend three cultures with Asian adoptions, by Joshua Brandt, August 25, 2000, Jewish News Weekly of Northern California
If It's Friday, This Must Be Beijing, Bringing Xiao Ling Home Blogspot
Jewish Adoptees, adoption.com
Jewish Adoption, adoption.com
Jewish Adoption Blog
Jewish and Chinese: musings on diversity, Dana Leventhal, Arizon Jewish Post
Jewish Ex-Supe, Mother of Chinese Boy, Helps Found School, Karen Koenig, Jewish Weekly News of Northern California, June 23, 1995
Journey From a Chinese Orphanage to a Jewish Rite of Passage, Andy Newman, March 8, 2007, New York Times
Kreplach and wontons: Asian-American Havurah helps blend two cultures, traditions, Leisah Namm, October 24, 2003, Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
Om-Shalomers Come of Age: Children of Jewish and Hindu Parents Are Emerging as a New Cultural Subset, Jeremy Caplan
Our Chinese Daughters Foundation
Pizza, Noodles and Latkes, Hedi Molnar, InterfaithFamily.com
Rabbi probes issues around non-Jewish adoption, Karen Koenig, December 11, 1998, Jewish News Weekly of Northern California
Raising a Jewish-Chinese Daughter in North America, Marlyn Kress, myjewishlearning.com
Special Kind of Adoption: Jewish Adoptive Families, Ellen Singer LCSW-C, adoptionissues.org
They Too Are Chosen, adoption.com
Stars of David International, Inc: Jewish Adoption Information Exchange, with Jewish Adoption Resources worldwide, including Asia
Study of People who are Asian-American and Jewish, seeking Jewish parents who have adopted children from China.
Tanoblog: Adoption, an Asian Jewish daughter
Twins' B'not Mitzvah reflects Korean Jewish Heritage, Natalie K. Pollack, Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, March 31, 2000
When Jews opt to adopt, help comes from alliance, Jane Clifford, October 29, 2005, SanDiego.com
With Chai You Get Eggroll: Raising a Jewish-Chinese Daughter in America, Marilyn Press
Wuhu Diary: On Taking My Adopted Daughter Back to Her Hometown in China, by Emily Prager


JEWISH ASIA • General or Multi-Subject Resources

Am Yisrael: The Jewish Communities of Asia
American Joint Distribution Committee: China
Amishav Organization for the Dispersed of Israel
Asian Books of Jewish Interest, My Jewish Books Online
Harry Leichter's Jews of Asia on the Web
Historic Asian Jewish Communities, Jewish Times Asia
Jewish Community in Cochin, India, from the Database of the Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, Israel
Jewish Communities in Asia, AsiaSource.org
Jewish Communities in Exotic Places, Ken Blady
Jewish Communities of Asia, Israelim.com
Jewish Cultural Tapestry: International Jewish Folk Traditions by Steven M. Lowenstein
Jewish Cultural Tapestry: International Jewish Folk Traditions by Steven M. Lowenstein, Summary
Jewish Orient, Jewish Web Index
Kosher Travel in Asia, kashrut.com
Post-Army Backpacking Israelis in Southeast Asia, January 12, 2007, Tales of a Wandering Jew Blogspot
Schnorrientalism: Mutual Stereotyping in the Far East, Nicholas Frisch, Fall 2006, The Current


OTHER JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF ASIA: Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam

Various

Chabad of Asia
Chabad Centers of Asia
Chabad Seders Around the World: 4,340 And Counting, March 27, 2007, crownheights.info
Dispersed Jewish Communities
Jewish Communities of the Far East, Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jews in Places You Never Thought of, by Karen Primack, Editor
Jews of Nepal, haruth.com
List of Asian Jews: Wikipedia
Save the Matzah: Wine to Katmandu for Pesach crashes in Nepal; Chabad hires helicopter to save goods in time for seder night, Ilan Marciano, April 21, 2005, Israel News
Virtual Jewish History Tour of Nepal

Burma/Myanmar

Burma Blues, Gal Beckerman, newvoices.org
Burmese Jew Shoulders Burden of His Heritage, Seth Mydans, New York Times, July 23, 2002
Jewish Burma, Haruth.com
Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue, Yangon, Myanmar, Wikipedia
Synagogues of the World: Myanmar (Burma), Jewish Virtual Library

Malaysia

History of the Jews in Malaysia, Wikipedia
International Jewish Cemetery Project, Malaysia, International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies
Jewish Remnants of Malaysia Photos
Malaysia: Jewish Cemetery Preserved in State of Penang, March 07, 2007
Kosher Malaysia, kosherdelight.com
Penang's Jewish Cemetery, Malaysia
Penang, Malaysia Jews, March 6, 2007
Virtual Jewish History Tour: Malaysia, Jewish Virtual Library

Singapore

Chabad Congregation Magein Avot, Singapore
Chabad Rabbi Represents Judaism at Singapore's IRO, M. Phillips, December 17, 2007, lubavitch.com
Einstein in Singapore, Joan Bieder, 2001, On the Page Magazine
The history of Jews in Singapore, 1830-1945, by Eze Nathan
Jewish Singapore, haruth.com
Robert Case Discovers Jewish Sites Around the World: Singapore
Singapore Jewish Communities
Singapore Jewish Community, Museum of the Diaspora
Singapore Jewish Contacts, Maven.co.il
SingaporeJews.org
Sojourners in Singapore, Jim Busis, United Hebrew Congregation, Singapore
Synagogues of the World: Singapore, Jewish Virtual Library
Virtual Jewish History Tour of Singapore, Jewish Virtual Library

South Korea

Chabad Korea
Chabad goes Korean, April 17, 2008, JewishLedger.com
Chabad to Open Centers in Serbia, Cyprus, South Korea, November 13, 2007, Arutz Sheva
Jewish Korea, haruth.com
Jews in South Korea Gather for a Rare Kosher Meal, August 19, 2007, crownheights.info
New Center in South Korea, Dovid Zaklikowski, chabad.org
Virtual Jewish History Tour of South Korea, Jewish Virtual Library

Thailand/Cambodia

Chabad Jewish Community of Thailand
Chabad-Lubavitch Centers in Thailand
Discovering Thailand & Cambodia, Henry and Elaine Levy, Jewish Post
Embassy of Israel, Bangkok
Finding The Faith... In Thailand, Sari Nossbaum, September 25, 2007, JewishPress.com
Thailand, March 3, 2006, Haolam Hazeh Photolog
Jewish Life in Thailand, Henry and Elaine Levy, Jewish Post of New York Online
Jews of Bangkok, Barbara Kingstone, Jewish Wanderer
The Jews of Khao San Road, Baila Lazarus, orchiddesigns.net
Jews of Thailand, haruth.com
Passover in Bangkok, Gabe Levenson, The Jewish Week, April 14, 2000
Passover in Cambodia, April 3, 2007, Life Peripatetically Blog Spot
Synagogues of the World: Thailand, Jewish Virtual Library
Thailand Jewish Community
Thailand Jewish Cemetery Project, International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies
Thai Tourism Veterans Unite in Cross-Section of Jewish Life, Joshua Runyan and Tamar Runyan, Feb 5, 2008, Chabad.org
Virtual Jewish History Tour of Thailand, Jewish Virtual Library

Vietnam

Chabad Center Vietnam
Chabad Jewish Center Vietnam
Good Morning Jewish Vietnam! Sally Neustadt, April 11, 2008, Jewish Times
Hanukkah in Ho Chi Minh, November 17, 2006, Levantine Blog
Ho Chi Minh City Becomes Hub for Southeast Asian Jewry’s High Holiday Festivities, Dovid Zaklikowski, Sep 24, 2007, chabad.org
Marco Paulo Photolog, Levantine Blog Site (scroll down for photo of Saigon Jewish sites)
New Chabad House Opens in Vietnam, Rivka Chaya Berman, June 22, 2006, lubavitch.com
New Chabad House Opens in Vietnam, crownheights.info
Opportunities Beckoning Jews to Vietnam, Ellen Cassedy, JTA
Shabbos in Vietnam, Shaindy Perl, aish.com
Sufganiyot in Saigon, December 22, 2006, Tales of a Wandering Jew Blogspot


JEWISH BEIJING

2004 June Israeli Delegation to China: Part 1, Beijing (Scroll through hundreds of photos through arrows at bottom of pages)
A Shabbaton In Beijing, jewishsightseeing.com
As China's Economy Grows, so Does the Jewish Community -- and Chabad, Larry Luxner, JTA
Beijing ... A Minyan at the Great Wall ... Chabad-Centers, March 12, 1999
Beijing, China Communities, Jewish Times Asia
Beijing Goes Kosher as Olympics Approach, January 31, 2008, CNN
Beijing Jewish community’s first kosher restaurant to open, Ari Savitzky, February 9, 2007, Beijing Today
Beijing's only Kosher restaurant mulls second branch ahead of Olympics, January 31, 2008, Associated Press
Burritos in Beijing, or What Happens When East Meets West, Sheila Shalhevet
Chabad House in China, Lubavitch.com
Chabad of Beijing
Chabad stakes claim in China, Larry Luxner, June 23, 2006, ajn.com.au
Chaya Mushka Freundlich Bat Mitzvah Home Site
Demanding jews "living large" in Beijing, May 5, 2006, derkeiler.com
Dini's Kosher Restaurant, Beijing
Eastern Wall: Local youth celebrates Bar Mitzvah at China's Great Wall, Scott Factor, August 23, 2002, Kansas City Jewish Chronicle
Embassy of Israel in Beijing
Essence of China Captured by Local Photographer, Tami Bickley, Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
Expatriates in China spur revival of Jewish communities, Tom Tugend, July 2, 1998, JTA
First kosher restaurant opens in Beijing, Jewish Times Asia
Ganeinu International School, Beijing
How to keep it kosher, March 28, 2008, China Daily
The Human Spirit: Selihot in Beijing, Barbara Soffer, September 28, 2005
If It's Friday, This Must Be Beijing, Bringing Xiao Ling Home Blogspot
In The First Person: On Vacation in Beijing, Micah Members Attend Shabbat Services, Sample Kosher Restaurant, January 2008, Temple Micah
Kosher Certification: Made in China: Beijing, Alison Klayman, March 11, 2008, JTA Wire Service
Kashrus Supervision In Demand In Beijing, February 21, 2008, 5Towns Jewish Times
Kehillat Beijing: Jewish Community of Beijing
Klezmer Bands by location around the world: Kehillat Beijing Klezmorim
Kosher Certification: Made in China, crownheights.info
Marco Paulo Photolog, Levantine Blog Site (scroll down for photo of Beijing Jewish Community)
Matzah in Beijing? April 15, 2006, Shamrock Jews Adventure Story
New Center for Beijing's Jewish Community, May 01, 2006, Mikveh.org
Passover in Peking (or Besach in Beijing), Marion D.S. Dreyfus, April 8, 2004, Think-Israel
Purim in Beijing Photos, Chabad of Stony Brook
Rosh Hashanah... in China? September 14, 2007, Year of the Rats Blog Spot
Sexy Beijing' Charts Capital's Life, Elizabeth Yuan, May 16, 2007, CNN
Sexy Beijing: A Jew Brew, Anna Sophie Loewenberg, Danwei TV
Shamrock Jews Adventure Story in Beijing
Sukkot in Beijing? Adlers in Japan Blog Spot
Tales of a Wandering Jew- Beijing, November 14, 2006, Levantine Blog Spot
Third night of Chanukah at “Prince Gong’s Palace,” Shturem.net
Torah Dedication & Grand Opening Chabad, Beijing, You Tube
United, Chabad and Reform promote Jewish life in Beijing, Alison Klayman, March 27, 2008, JTA
The Way It Should Be, Schvach Yid, November 27, 2007, Schvach Blog Site
Yiddishkeit and the Frenzy in Beijing, Gabe Levenson, The Jewish Week, September 25, 1998

JEWISH CHINA • Links to General or Multi-Subject Resources

90-year-old Shapiro celebrates his fruitful life in China, Li Xing, December 22, 2005, ChinaDaily.com
A Blue-Capped Barbarian Untangles a Speech Problem, by Edward Ordman, Christian Science Monitor, May 22, 2003
A Chinese Jewish wedding in Jerusalem, YouTube
A Great Leap Forward? Complexities of Sino-Jewish relations, Maisie Meyer, Spring 2005, Jewish Quarterly
A Jewish Life in China, jewishsightseeing.com
Amidst Growing European Anti-Semitism, China's Jewish Communities Enjoy Continuing Respect, by Joy Katzen-Guthrie, May 2002
An Eastern Saga, August-September 2004, The Foreign Correspondents' Club Hong Kong
The City of Light, by Jacob D'Ancona & David Selbourne
Ancient Legacy of Chinese Jews, David Johnson, Learning Network
Ancient Relievo With Jewish Design Unearthed in East China, October 29, 2001, China Daily
Are There Really Jews in China? Danial J. Elazar, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Association of Former Residents of China in Israel (Igud Yotzei Sin)
Beating Stereotypes in China, by Mike Levy, November 14, 2007, Jewish Daily Forward
Between Yangtze and Yarkon, Tamar Rotem, HaAretz
Beyond Chicken Soup: A Healer Takes On Chinese Medicine, Lori Eppstein, Jewish Weekly News of Northern California, May 1997
Bridge Across Broken Time: Chinese and Jewish Cultural Memory, by Vera Schwarcz
Bridge Across Broken Time, Chinese and Jewish Cultural Memory, by Vera Schwarcz
Bridge Across Broken Time: by Vera Schwarcz, Chapter One
Bridge Across Broken Time: New York Times Book Review by Judith Shapiro
Center For Jewish Studies, Shanghai, Wikipedia
Center For Jewish Studies Shanghai
Chabad Centers of China: Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong
Chabad-Lubavitch Centers of China
Chabad of China
Chabad Photos from China, Shmais news service
Chabad Stakes Claim in China, Larry Luxner, June 23, 2006, ajn.com.au
China, JewishEncyclopedia.com
China and Israel Announce Plans to Boost Trade and Economic Ties, by Naomi Segal, JTA
China and Israel, 1948-1998: A Fifty Year Retrospective, by Jonathan Goldstein, Editor
China and the Jewish People, Old Civilizations in a New Era, by Dr. Shalom Salomon Wald
China Connection: Meet Xu Xin, Kulanu.org
China Good for the Jews, Rabbi Levi Brackman, April 13, 2008
China, Her Life and Her People, by Mildred Cable
China: Her Life and Her People, by Mildred Cable and Francesca French, Tales of Old China, January 1946
China: Jewish Encyclopedia.com
China: Jewish Encyclopedia.com Original Page 1
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China Jewish Heritage Tours & History
China's Jewish Heritage Uncovered, BBC News, September 28, 2000
China's Lost Jews, Phyllis Orrick, August 6, 1997, San Francisco Weekly
China's One-Man Judaic Studies Army, Jennifer Fishbein-Gold,