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Through the centuries, they also established Jewish communities in eastern parts of Asia. There are some Jews who migrated to India, establishing the Bene Israel, the Baghdadi Jews and the Cochin Jews of India (Jews in India); and the former Jewish community in Kaifeng, China. Here is a partial list of some prominent Asian Jews, arranged by ...
The Jewish presence in South Korea effectively began with the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. At this time a large number of Jewish soldiers, including the chaplain Chaim Potok, came to the Korean Peninsula. Today the Jewish community is very small and limited to the Seoul Metropolitan Area. [1] There have been very few Korean converts to ...
The community was composed mainly of "Asian", (Sephardi) German, and Russian Jews, though there were a few of Austrian, French, and Italian origin among them. Jews took a considerable part in developing trade in China, and several served on the municipal councils, among them being Silas Aaron Hardoon , partner in the firm of E. D. Sassoon & Co ...
Oceanian people of Asian-Jewish descent (1 C) South American people of Asian-Jewish descent (1 C) A. People of Afghan-Jewish descent (2 C) B.
It wasn’t until a few years ago, when he sat in a room with eight people who were Asian and Jewish, that he realized there were others who held those identities. “We’re not like oil and water that don’t mix,” he said. “Asian Jews are like pieces of a puzzle that fit together, and they produce really interesting individual pictures.”
Asian-Jewish diaspora (6 C) H. Historic Jewish communities in Asia (7 C, 12 P) History of the Jews in Asia (5 C, 3 P) J. Judaism in Asia (7 C) P. Asian people of ...
David Chiu’s mother comes from a long line of Lithuanian Jews; his father is an immigrant from Hong Kong. “Asian Jews are like pieces of a puzzle that fit together, and they produce really ...
Asian people of European-Jewish descent (2 C) A. Armenian people of Jewish descent (1 C, 1 P) Azerbaijani people of Jewish descent (2 C, 4 P) B.