The Japanese occupation of Northeast China in 1931 and the establishment of Manchukuo in 1932 had a negative impact on the Harbin Jewish community (13,000 in 1929). Most of those …

By 1903 a self-administered Jewish community existed in Harbin, numbering 500 Jews. After the Russo-Japanese War of 1905, many demobilized Jewish soldiers settled in Harbin, followed …

The good living conditions of the Jews in Harbin quickly changed when the Japanese took control of Manchuria and establishment of a puppet regime, which allowed Jews to be subjected to …

2019年7月30日 · Whilst a vast majority fled to the United States and England, some Jews made their way eastwards eventually ending up in the city of Harbin. Harbin is now the capital city of …

2022年1月13日 · The Jewish community of Harbin was instrumental in establishing local industries and growing trade relations between China and Russia, Europe, Japan, and the US. …

Born out of a free-will business adventure and voluntary resettlement from Russia, the Jewish community of Harbin wrote a unique chapter in the history of the Diaspora. Starting with the …

Twelve Russian-language Jewish periodicals were published in Harbin, including Evreiskaya Zhizn’ (Jewish life) and Gadegel (the Cyrillic rendition of the Hebrew “ha-degel,” literally …

In Harbin, many cultural relics have been luckily retained, such as the Jewish Community, Harbin New Synagogue, Harbin Jewish History and Culture Exhibition and Huangshan Jewish …

Harbin, China, is located 1,500 miles inland in Heilongjiang Province, a region also referred to as Manchuria. The fundamental factor that explains Jewish settlement in Harbin is the city’s …

2023年8月11日 · This chapter on Harbin deals with the first city Jews settled in substantial numbers in modern China. Mostly émigrés from Russia, these Jews prospered during the first …