Chinese Jews

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Kaifeng_Jews
gptkbp:country gptkb:China
gptkbp:culturalPractice circumcision
observance of Sabbath
kosher dietary laws
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:geneticStudies Middle Eastern ancestry detected
gptkbp:hasExhibit gptkb:Kaifeng_Jewish_History_Museum
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Destruction_of_Kaifeng_Synagogue_(1850s)
Kaifeng Jewish community established
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Chinese-Hebrew_Torah_scrolls
gptkb:Stele_of_Kaifeng_Jews
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chinese Jews
gptkbp:intermarriage gptkb:Han_Chinese
gptkbp:landedAt gptkb:Song_dynasty
gptkb:Tang_dynasty
gptkbp:language gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Judeo-Persian
gptkbp:notableFeature integration with Chinese culture
loss of Hebrew fluency
use of Chinese surnames
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Kaifeng_Synagogue
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Ezra_Shalom
gptkb:S._M._Perlmann
gptkb:Michael_Pollak
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Middle_East
gptkb:Persia
gptkbp:persecutedBy Cultural Revolution suppression
Qing dynasty restrictions
gptkbp:populationCenter gptkb:Beijing
gptkb:Harbin
gptkb:Shanghai
gptkb:Kaifeng
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Ashkenazi_Jews
gptkb:Sephardi_Jews
gptkb:Baghdadi_Jews
gptkb:Bukharan_Jews
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:revivalEffort Jewish organizations in 21st century
gptkbp:status recognized as ethnic minority (unofficially)
small community remains in Kaifeng
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Kaifeng_Jewish_sites_(tentative)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kaifeng_Jews
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5