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1. Jewish Harbin Kaifeng Jews

2. The Harbin Huang Shan Jewish Cemetery, located in the city's suburbs, is the largest and the best - preserved cemetery in the Far East .

9. The group members are saying "Kaddish"

10. Jewish Hospital

11. The Harbin Jewish hospital was once a first-class hospital in Harbin , it received not only Jewish patients, but also patients of other nationalities.

12. Modern Hotel and Kaspe Jewellery were founded by a French Jew Y ·A·Kaspe.

17. Minha in the hotel in Harbin

22. The Head Jew of Kaifeng,giving Marion a b-day gift. Mazal Tov !

25. Moshe, the head Jew and his Chinese wife

27. Kaifeng Jewish descendant

28. Kaifeng Jewish descendant’s kitchen

29. Kaifeng descendant’s mezuzah In spite of a lack of formal religious practice, Kaifeng Jews have a sense of ethnic identity . Some list their children as " Youtai " ( Jewish ) on government documents next to a spot where they might have written " Han " ( Ethnic Chinese ) , and are happy to meet foreign visiting Jews .

33. THE RABBI SUPERVISING THE LOADING OF THE TORAH HE BROUGHT ALL THE WAY FROM THE STATES We actually did make a little history, because as far as we are aware, a torah which was carried from the States by Rabbi Franklin, was read on the Shabbat Service on Saturday morning. He believed that this was the first time a torah was read on Shabbat in Harbin in 50 or so years . To me that Saturday morning service was the highlight of our tour( Charles ) .

34. Modern Kaifeng

35. Bar in Kaifeng

36. Modern hotel