Kaifeng Jews learning Jewish texts

A short clip of a group of Jews from Kaifeng practicing Jewish texts

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Kaifeng
• Jews
• Shavei Israel
• China
• Israel

[lwglwglwg]

@lustcorp

What evidence? Confucius was a Jew? What have you been smoking?

[haimserfati]

Amacing what you are doing..G-d be with you and your works, Shalom from Sefarad

[BBarNavi]

I can't hear what they're saying...

[BBarNavi]

@minghan05 But they AREN'T fervent to "return to Israel". At least not the geographic/economic Israel. When China is a rising global power, why would they? No, they will geographically remain in Kaifeng-fu, but they are fervent to "return to Israel" in that they want return to the lost customs and traditions of their ancestors.

[BBarNavi]

@lwglwglwg 真得要死. 這些真正猶太後代(連家譜都有了!)是我的學生, 他們想學他們祖先的流傳宗教, 跟移民沒什麼屁事. 有些外國人像Shavei的Freund先生要他們離開中國移民­到以色列, 可是大部分的開封猶太後代堅持留在開封建設傳統的社區, 你對這個有什麼反對呢?

不理清清楚楚的證據隨便你.

[TheSocratesofAthens]

There seems to be some confusion, people curious about the origins of the Jews should read about the diaspora.

[Igotangry]

@viewpic1 also mostly Turkish ladies in Turkey in middleeastern do not wear headscarves and Turkish ladies are Turks from the same ethnicity with Uyghurs in China

[minghan05]

I just wonder if Israel had been a poor country, would the Kaifeng Jews be so fervent as to answer the call to return to Israel, I mean after all their ancestors had chosen to settle in ancient China partly because of silk route trade and partly because of persecution of Jews at that time. I wonder if they could actually fit into a predominantly white jewish community in Israel. Humans are known throughout the centuries to migrate for a better life.

[minghan05]

@lwglwglwg Your argument sounds reasonable. Normally when a minority race moved into a country, they assimilate into the culture of that country. And as one can see, the Chinese Jews look more "Chinese" that they are the original Jewish traders who settled there. Because I suppose successive generations of the first generation Jewish through the centuries married to the majority Han ethnic. Even modern day chinese I'd say very few can be truly considered pure Han due to ethnic intermingling.

[viewpic1]

The Chinese always welcome friendly and peaceful people like the Jews. The Chinese Muslim Uyghur look more like Chinese. Chinese Uyghur ladies have more freedom to wear dresses like short sleeves, NOT like the ladies in Middle East.

[ghostexorcist]

@lwglwglwg I am not Jewish, but I take the implication as a compliment. Despite being an atheist, I have respect for all the world's religions. The truth is I have countered each of your uninformed arguments with facts from numerous scholarly books and papers. But, being a simple troll, you ignore it just for the sake of argument.

When on the internet, I go by the motto: "Ignore a flame, starve a troll." So any further comments you leave will be ignored. Have a pleasant day.