{"id":1805,"date":"2009-10-24T11:49:46","date_gmt":"2009-10-24T15:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulanuarchive.kulanu.org\/?p=1805"},"modified":"2019-04-08T10:59:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:59:54","slug":"from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/","title":{"rendered":"From Kaifeng to Kibbutz: Chinese Descendants of Jews Come Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From: Israel National News, Oct 21, 2009,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/133970\">http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/133970<\/a>, by Hana Levi Julian<\/p>\n<p>(IsraelNN.com) For the first time, a group of seven descendants of the Jewish community of Kaifeng, China has moved to Israel.The new arrivals, who were brought here by the Shavei Israel organization, arrived at Ben-Gurion airport late Tuesday night. The city of their birth, Kaifeng, sits on the banks of the Yellow River and was home to a flourishing Jewish community for more than a millennium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very excited to be here in the Holy Land,\u201d said Yaakov Wang, one of the new immigrants. \u201cThis is something that my ancestors dreamed about for generations, and now thank G-d I have finally made it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wang said that he eventually hopes to become a rabbi, so that one day he can help other Kaifeng Jewish descendants to learn more about their heritage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/133970\">more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From: Israel National News, Oct 21, 2009,\u00a0http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/133970, by Hana Levi Julian (IsraelNN.com) For the first time, a group of seven <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>From Kaifeng to Kibbutz: Chinese Descendants of Jews Come Home - Kulanu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From: Israel National News, Oct 21, 2009,\u00a0http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/133970, by Hana Levi Julian (IsraelNN.com) For the first time,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From Kaifeng to Kibbutz: Chinese Descendants of Jews Come Home - Kulanu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From: Israel National News, Oct 21, 2009,\u00a0http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/133970, by Hana Levi Julian (IsraelNN.com) For the first time,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kulanu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/kulanu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-10-24T15:49:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-04-08T14:59:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/aba-40-chaya-weinstein-3-abayu-scaled-e1654011790549.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1830\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@kulanu_inc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@kulanu_inc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"kulanu-admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Kulanu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/kulanu\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/kulanu_inc\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/529768\",\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/kulanuvideo\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kulanu_inc\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kulanu-Site-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kulanu-Site-Logo.png\",\"width\":188,\"height\":188,\"caption\":\"Kulanu\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/\",\"name\":\"Kulanu\",\"description\":\"Supporting isolated, returning, and emerging Jewish communities around the world\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/\",\"name\":\"From Kaifeng to Kibbutz: Chinese Descendants of Jews Come Home - Kulanu\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-10-24T15:49:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-08T14:59:54+00:00\",\"description\":\"From: Israel National News, Oct 21, 2009,\u00a0http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/133970, by Hana Levi Julian (IsraelNN.com) For the first time,\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"From Kaifeng to Kibbutz: Chinese Descendants of Jews Come Home\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/16ef5279d11354eec2fd92fa322e597a\"},\"headline\":\"From Kaifeng to Kibbutz: Chinese Descendants of Jews Come Home\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-10-24T15:49:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-08T14:59:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/#webpage\"},\"wordCount\":160,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/16ef5279d11354eec2fd92fa322e597a\",\"name\":\"kulanu-admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ffda1e762cd28237ec6e979cc1b57b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ffda1e762cd28237ec6e979cc1b57b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"kulanu-admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/author\/kulanu-admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"From Kaifeng to Kibbutz: Chinese Descendants of Jews Come Home - Kulanu","description":"From: Israel National News, Oct 21, 2009,\u00a0http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/133970, by Hana Levi Julian (IsraelNN.com) For the first time,","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"From Kaifeng to Kibbutz: Chinese Descendants of Jews Come Home - Kulanu","og_description":"From: Israel National News, Oct 21, 2009,\u00a0http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/133970, by Hana Levi Julian (IsraelNN.com) For the first time,","og_url":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/","og_site_name":"Kulanu","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/kulanu","article_published_time":"2009-10-24T15:49:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-04-08T14:59:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1830,"height":1696,"url":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/aba-40-chaya-weinstein-3-abayu-scaled-e1654011790549.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@kulanu_inc","twitter_site":"@kulanu_inc","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"kulanu-admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#organization","name":"Kulanu","url":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/kulanu","https:\/\/instagram.com\/kulanu_inc","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/529768","https:\/\/youtube.com\/kulanuvideo","https:\/\/twitter.com\/kulanu_inc"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#logo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kulanu-Site-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kulanu-Site-Logo.png","width":188,"height":188,"caption":"Kulanu"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#logo"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#website","url":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/","name":"Kulanu","description":"Supporting isolated, returning, and emerging Jewish communities around the world","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/","name":"From Kaifeng to Kibbutz: Chinese Descendants of Jews Come Home - Kulanu","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-10-24T15:49:46+00:00","dateModified":"2019-04-08T14:59:54+00:00","description":"From: Israel National News, Oct 21, 2009,\u00a0http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/133970, by Hana Levi Julian (IsraelNN.com) For the first time,","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"From Kaifeng to Kibbutz: Chinese Descendants of Jews Come Home"}]},{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/#webpage"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/16ef5279d11354eec2fd92fa322e597a"},"headline":"From Kaifeng to Kibbutz: Chinese Descendants of Jews Come Home","datePublished":"2009-10-24T15:49:46+00:00","dateModified":"2019-04-08T14:59:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/from-kaifeng-to-kibbutz-chinese-descendants-of-jews-come-home\/#webpage"},"wordCount":160,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/16ef5279d11354eec2fd92fa322e597a","name":"kulanu-admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ffda1e762cd28237ec6e979cc1b57b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ffda1e762cd28237ec6e979cc1b57b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"kulanu-admin"},"url":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/author\/kulanu-admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}