Books
Reports
Web Resources
Misc.
- Xu Xin: The Jews of Kaifeng China: History, Culture, and Religion
- Jersey City: Ktav Publishing House, 2003
- Xu Xin: Legends of the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng
- Jersey City: Ktav Publishing House, 1995
- M. Patricia Needle, ed: East gate of Kaifeng: a Jewish world inside China
- China Center, Univ. of Minnesota, 1992
- Beth Hatefutsoth: The Jews of Kaifeng: Chinese Jews on the Banks of the Yellow River
- Tel Aviv: the Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora
- William White: Chinese Jews A Compilation of Matters Relating to the Jews of K'ai-feng Fu
- 2nd Edition. University of Toronto Press, 1966
- Sidney Shapiro: Jews in Old China Studies by Chinese Scholars
- New York, Hippocrene Books, 2001
- Michael Pollak: The Torah Scrolls of the Chinese Jews
- 2nd, revised edition. Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University. 1997
- Xu Xin: Chinese Policy towards Judaism
- Tang Yating: Kaifeng Jewish Community: Exotic Elements in Liturgical Music - A
Process of Cultural Involution - Peter S. Horvitz: Li Kuang-t'ien and the Defense of Kaifeng
Reports
- Bernard Edinger: Chinese Jews: Reverence for Ancestors
- Minyan in Kaifeng: The Documentary
- Wendy Elliman: Letter from Israel: Aliya of the East Wind
- Beverly Friend: A Visit to Kaifeng
- Irwin M. Berg: Among the Jewish Descendants of Kaifeng Ron Gluckman: Old
American breaks bagels in China
Web Resources
- Wikipedia: Kaigeng Jews
- The Sino-Judia Institute
- China Judaic Studies Association
- IGUD YOTZEI SIN - Association of Former Residents of China in Israel
- Joy Katzen-Guthrie: Jewish China/Asia Resources
- A Rudimentary Study of Kaifeng Jews (Chinese: Unicode UTF-8)
- Kaifeng Municipal Museum (Chinese: GB)
Misc.
| Jews of Kaifeng Resource Page |
| Jews of Persian origin settled in Kaifeng. The Kaifeng Jews constructed a synagogue The synagogue was rebuilt. The first stone monument erected by the community provides a history of the Kaifeng Jewry. The synagogue was repaired. The 1512 stone monument erected. Ai Tien, a Kaifeng Jew, met Fr. Matteo Ricci in Peking. The outside world knew about the Kaifeng Jewry for the first time. A Yellow River flood destroyed Kaifeng. The synagogue was destroyed, but about 200 Jewish families survived. Rebuilding of the synagogue commenced. Dedication of the eighth rebuilding of the synagogue. 1663 stone monument erected. Tenth and final rebuilding of the synagogue. Foreign missionaries were expelled from China. The Kaifeng Jews were once again cuff off contacts with the outside world. A major Yellow River flood struck Kaifeng. The last Rabbi died. Eight Hebrew manuscripts were sold. Six Torah scrolls and many other Hebrew manuscripts were sold, the Bridwell Scroll among them. The Taiping rebellion. Many Jews fled Kaifeng. Another Yellow River flood struck Kaifeng. Synagogue dismantled. Last attempt to re-build the synagogue The synagogue site was sold. |
| 960-1126 1163 1489 1512 1605 1642 1653 1663 1688 1723 1810 1841 1850 1851 1850-64 1860 1900 1914 |
| Chronology of the Kaifeng Jewish community |
