[SunkenCiv]

Legends of the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng by Xin Xu tr by Beverly Friend illus by Ting Cheng reviewed	The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela: Travels in the Middle Ages by Benjamin of Tudela	Quest For The Lost Tribes by Simcha Jacobovici

[SunkenCiv]

Interesting, from 2000.

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[Always Right]

So those evil Joooos were creating fiat money a long time ago. Wonder what role the neocons played.

[Quix]

Thanks.

[blam]

The oldest paper ever found was found with the, 2000BC, Caucasian mummies found in China a few years back. The paper had Tocharian A written on it... Not Chinese, not Hebrew.- Tocharian is an Indo-European language that is at least as old as Hittite...maybe older.

[blam]

The Ghosts of Shanghai

"Jewish history in China dates to at least the 8th century, when West Asian traders roamed the Silk Road. A Jewish settlement was established in the city of Kaifeng, in what is now Henan province, where a synagogue was built in 1163 and thousands of Jews worshiped openly. Kaifeng today boasts some Hebrew writing on tombstones, but no living link to its Jewish past (although some residents claim Jewish blood). By the 20th century, the community in Kaifeng was eclipsed by cities like Harbin, Ningbo and Tianjin, which all had sizable Jewish settlements."

[lesser_satan]

Well this certainly won’t help dispel any negative stereotypes.

[Ptarmigan]

Interesting. I know there was a Jewish population in China.

[Clemenza]

Used to buy egg rolls on Christmas. :-)