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Chinese descendants of ancient Jewish community make aliyah
Itamar Eichner
Published: 22.10.09, 15:11
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31. they must be Jewish, why would anyone pick here apart from
Alon ,   Tel Aviv   (10.25.09)
those who are or have a close affection with the place. They have the WHOLE world at their feet and are places probably easier to get work visas for than here via the ministry of interior, so best of luck to them. xx
32. to #10 to children who r born out side
ghostq   (10.25.09)
the mattiage institution have no legal claim on the father legacy, Ishmael mother in one point wanted more rights but Ahbraham never married her. that's y he tryed to sacrifay Izack cause the custom back then was to sacrify your first male born to the pagan god when Ahbram discovered god there was no need for that it was when Ishmael was allready 13.
33. r they considered sphared jews? just
ghostq   (10.25.09)
wondering.
34. Shuebydoo , # 14 . Olmert's parents Chinese ????
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (10.25.09)
Ehud Olmert's parents from China ? They found refuge there from persecution in Europe , but were'nt Chinese at all .
35. #33
Abraham ,   Boston, USA   (10.28.09)
Sphared means Spain, seeing as these Jews are from China, they are not Sephardi. Prior to China, the largest migration was actually Russian and eastern European Jews trying to run away from WWII. China welcomed these immigrants as they had no official restrictions on immigration at that time. There are many more Jews than just Spharadi and Ashkenazi, although we assume everyone fits in one of those categories. There are Romaniot, Litvak, Ashkenaz, Sphared, Kurd, Persian, Mizrahi, Afghani, and the list goes on. We welcome all incoming and honest Jews, we are a nation of Gerim from the time of Har Sinai - Every Israelite converted to Judaism at the time of the Matan Torah.
36. even funnier....
Eshkol Hakofer   (10.28.09)
" 1. funny, they don't look jewish (End) " says jean seconded by no.8 even funnier than that, me think, neither do most ashkenazim with tall and blond aryan foremothers, no? ha,ha,ha!
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