The Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 5, 1967 Page: 78 of 115
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to their relatives and friends
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A HAPPY NEW YEAR
THE BRAESWOOD CYCLE RY
Dr. and Mrs. Melton Jay Horwitz
John and Rachel Kern, Dan and Iris
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Mr. and Mrs. Allen Brand
Arthur and Sharon
MR. and MRS. GEORGE BREGMAN
MR. and MRS. HAROLD BREGMAN
MR. and MRS. NEIL LANDE
LYNNE and CAROLE
Dr. and Mrs. Simon Fredricks
Marta and Brent
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Mr. and Mrs. Leo Brand
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MR. and MRS. IRVING BLAND and FAMILY
9418 Cliffwood
Greet their family and friends with best
wishes for Health and Happiness in the New Year
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MB. and MRS. SID BINDER AND FAMILY
5135 Jack wood
Extend cordial good wishes for a Happy New Year
to their relatives and friends
national origin.
The synagogue committee, for
example, of which Lawrence Ka-
doorie is president, comprises two
Englishmen, one Israeli, one
American, one Australian and two
“old China hands”. Many travel-
lers attend the services, whether
people on tour like ourselves, or
on business like the Israeli we
met who had come to say Kad-
dish.
Membership in the synagogue
numbers about one hundred fam-
ilies, whose subscriptions support
and provide accommodation for
the rabbi, maintain the synagogue,
attend to the upkeep of the ceme-
tery and run a Jewish Benevolent
Society. These and other expenses
are considerable for so small a
community.
The Chevra Kadisha cemetery
has its own chapel for funeral
services. It has been in existence
since 1850, and before that it
is thought that Jews may have
been buried in the Protestant ce-
metery in Macao.
The Jewish community in
Hong Kong, which dates back to
1847, is essentially a transient
MR. and MRS. HYMEN BAUMSTEIN
ROBERT, LARRY and FRANCES
Extend cordial good wishes for a Happy New Year
to their relatives and friends
MR. and MRS. J. LEONARD BERMAN and FAMILY
and MRS. JENNIE FREED
Extend cordial good wishes for a Happy New Year
to their relatives and friends
of the JEWISH HERALD-VOICE — 1-9-6-7
one. The people have come here
from varied backgrounds, many
from China, where there were
Jewish settlements as early as the
12th century, and before that from
Turkey, Baghdad and Russia.
George Saul, the former secre-
tary of the Recreation Club, is
a naturalized American, original-
ly from Baghdad. Mr. Ezra,
whose father was one of the
founding directors of the syna-
gogue, came from Shanghai ten
years ago after losing everything
in his flight from the communists.
He told us that in Shanghai only
a few old people remain of a once
prosperous community of some
5000 Jews.
Mr. Weiss, who publishes some
39 publications in Hong Kong,
has lived here for 34 years. He
came originally from Czechoslo-
vakia and has travelled extensive-
ly through China. He is very in-
terested in cartography, and told
us of maps he had seen which
go back to the 14th century and
seem to indicate that Jews were
navigators on Magellan’s and
other explorers’ ships which sailed
round the world.
The Jewish community in Hong
Kong is a wealthy one. Its mem-
bers enjoy complete social and
political equality with the other
citizens of the city and are ac-
cepted by Chinese and British
alike. Its major social functions
are patronized by the British Gov-
ernor, and many of its people have
been highly respected members of
the government. The respect giv-
en Jews in Hong Kong stems in
part from their many philanthrop-
ic activities and the benefit they
bring to the business community.
There is no anti-Semitism in
Hong Kong, since the Chinese
make no distinction between Gen-
tile and Jew. Mr. Saul told us
how he once went into a Chinese
restaurant for a meal. When a
pork dish was served, he told the
waiter, “I’m Jewish. I don’t eat
pork”. The waiter didn’t under-
stand what the word “Jewish”
meant. It was not until Mr. Saul
said, “I'm Mohammedan. I don’t
eat pork”, that the waiter bowed,
smiled and took away the meat.
The Jews in Hong Kong have
a strong Zionistic affiliation. Their
children attend private English
day schools, but some thirty of
them attend Hebrew School on
Sundays, which the rabbi operates
with the help of a number of par-
ents who donate their time to
teach.
Support for Israel through the
United Israel Appeal amounts to
about U.S. $20,000 annually, and
less directly, more than this is
doubtless remitted. About forty
women of the community are ac-
tive in Youth Aliyah.
Mr. Saul spoke to us of his
present interest in founding a
B’nai B'rith Lodge in Hong Kong.
Perhaps this new interest is
prompted by the ever-increasing
militancy of Red China across the
bay, and the recent memory of the
dissolution of the prosperous Jew-
ish community in Shanghai. X
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