I was on a tour with Dvir Ben-Gal. It was one of the most amazing tours in China. I agree with the Chinese readers that "Why Jews are rich?" is not their concern. Every Chinese is hard working, expecting little from their government, they work even in old age. Every Chinese is antrepenurial. We have to learn from Chnese, not that they have to learn from the Jews.

Your claim that anti-Semitism was "quite prevalent" in the classical Greek and Roman worlds is incorrect, as this type of prejudice was not systematic and ingrained. (This is a polemic argument used by modern Jew-haters who seek to hate that Jews are simply hated wherever they existed, and therefore whose fault is ithat Jews are hated but the Jews themselves?) In Alexandria, there were anti-Semitic polemicists among the Egyptians and Greeks, as part of the 3-way competition between the Greek ruling class, the privileged Jewish class, and the impoverished powerless Egyptian masses. Systematic ingrained hatred of Jews and Judaism began with rival monotheistic religions, namely Christianity and Islam.

If you really believe their propaganda that Arabs and Muslims are only anti-Zionist and not anti-Semitic, try listening to the most recent demented rantings of Ayman al-Zawahiri. He doesn't only threaten Israel, he threatens Jews and Jewish interests everywhere in the world. And if Muslims don't hate Jews, why did their terrorist lackeys blow up a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires and attack synagogues in cities like Istanbul and Djerba, Tunisia? Not only that, but as far as the term "anti-Semitic" is concerned, it was coined by a German non-Jew to specifically describe the phenomenon of Jew-hatred. And the fact that it may not sell well in the Arab world is just too damned bad because they're guilty of it nevertheless.

Some people here do not understand why Chinese people admire Jew people but Chinese Govts sale weapon to Jew's enemies? They are two different matters. Chinese people like and admire Jews . This is their real feelings. Chinese people are most peaceful people in this world. If you do not kill or exploid Chinese as Japaniese and British or those colonists had done in the last centry. Chinese will always to treat you as friends and willing to give you a hand when you in trouble. It is not only admiration but also some sort of sympathy. Chinese sympathise Jew for their unfair treatment by others. However, Chinese Govts sale weapons to Jew's enemies due to geopolitics. This is nothing to do with the general feelings towards Jew by Chinese. I do not want to discuss in details about this politics in mideast but please separate these two things. I am a Chinese and definitely I do not have any ill feeling towards Jew people.

This Rabbi very Wise. I own Kosher fortune cookie company and black hatted Jew pay good money.

However, if this is all true, why do the Chinese fight against sanctions involving Iran?? let me tell you why, almost half of the people live in the west part of China are Muslism, white Muslism, yellow Muslism... How can Chinese hurt brothers? And the most headache for Chinese goverment is to stop stupid hatred between Muslisms, Tibetans, Christians and other minority races in the territory.

Anyone have any good books or articles written by/about The Jewish experience in China? I'd be particularly interested in WW2 years, or a bit before. A web site would be fine too. Thanks for any suggestions in advance.

great article! good to know that at least somewhere in the world, some 1.2 billion people like us.

Judeo Christian ring a bell? America and Israel are allies who share the same biblical belief in one G-d. The anti semitic catholics should not be confused with protestants who love Israel. America was founded by those who lived through catholic Europe who also had Kings. America opted for neither. Thanks to G-d!!! Islam hates everybody even it's own!

THAT BEGINS WITH THE TORAH. YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, THE RULES TO OUR HAPPINESS AND OUR IDENTITY. EDUCATION IS WHY THE JEWS NORMALLY DO BETTER THAN OTHERS. EDUCATION!!! JEWISH STYLE. WHETHER OR NOT ONE IS RELIGIOUS, THE TRAINING IS INVALUABLE. AS FOR STUPIDITY, NO ONE TOPS THE PALS, NO ONE!!!!!!!!!!

I would like our Jewish friends to understand that China does NOT support Israle's enemies. China only wants to maintain a good relationship with them (and that with Israle too.) Chinese Government does not agree that Israle must be destroyed and that the Jewish people have no right to live in the land of Israle. We Chinese people repect the Jews and believe that you and we share some similiar value and moral standards. China is perhaps the only country in history that did not presecute or discriminate Jews. On the contrary, our emperor gave Jews lands and Chinese family names for them to live in China.

Another reason Chinese people (especially those who live in the West) get along with Jews is that Jews do not try to convert Chinese to their religion. Christians and Muslims have an agenda for conversion which traditional Chinese people resent. Maybe, possibly a Jew who is about to marry a Chinese person might bring up the topic of conversion. Other than that, the idea of conversion never comes up, to everyone's great relief.

The over 3000 years old religion of Judaism, is not linked at all to about 800 years old Islamic religion... Judaism is based on the over 3000 years old living history of the Jewish People, beginning in ancient Egypt by Jewish Patriarch's Avraham, Yitzhak and Jacob...