SJI Spotlight
SJI Spotlight
Prof. Dan Ben-Canaan, author of Echoes of Harbin: Reflections on Space and Time, scholar of Harbin's Jewish history, and decades-long resident of Harbin.
Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
November 3 - 21, 2021 Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
Sponsored by the Asia Society - Hong Kong Center
Jewish Life in Germany Exhibit
November 11 - Dec. 11 Exhibit: Jewish Life in Germany & Escape Destination Hong Kong
Co-organised by
Goethe-Institut Hongkong
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Hong Kong
Jüdisches Leben in Deutschland
Center for Persecuted Arts
The Hong Kong Heritage Project
Shanghai: Safe Haven Exhibit
July 15, 2021 - Sept. 5, 2022 Exhibit: Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust
Exhibit
Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust
Photographs from 1946 documenting Jewish Refugees in Shanghai
by American photojournalist Arthur Rothstein
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Northern Trust Gallery and
The Joseph L. & Emily K. Gidwitz Memorial Foundation Gallery
Lectures
October 21
October 21
October 21
Lecture
Thursday, October 21
6:30 p.m.
In Search of a Jewish Story in China
by Irene Shaland
In conjunction with the exhibition
Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
June 3
October 21
October 21
In-Person Lecture
Thursday, June 3
3 - 4:30 p.m.
The Jews in Kaifeng: Yesterday and Today
by Rabbi Anson Laytner
President of the Sino-Judaic Institute
Sponsored by the University of Washington
Tateuchi East Asian Library
News & Events
June 13
June 13
June 13
Zoom Talk
Sunday, June 13
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
(West Coast Time)
A History of Jewish Refugees in Shanghai
with Faith Goldman
Congregation Ner Tamid of South Bay
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
May 26
June 13
June 13
Webinar
Wednesday, May 26
4:00 p.m.
(East Coast Time)
JewAsian: Race, Religion, and Identity
by Co-Authors
Prof. Helen Kim and Noah Leavitt
Sponsored by the Hebrew Union College, the Chinese American Museum, the 1882 Foundation, and Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
SJI Website Editors
SJI Website Editors
Editor-in-Chief Wendy Abraham
General Editor Kevin Ostoyich
Kaifeng History Wendy Abraham
Shanghai History Steve Hochstadt
Shanghai Travel Dvir Bar-Gal
