Chinese Jews

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Chinese Jews are members of historic Jewish communities in China, most notably the Kaifeng Jews, who blended Jewish religious traditions with Chinese language and culture over centuries.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chinese Jews canonical 5
Chinese Judaism 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish community ⓘ
Jewish community ⓘ
city ⓘ
ethno-religious group ⓘ
synagogue ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culture Chinese culture ⓘ
Jewish culture ⓘ
diasporaConnections Canada ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicIntegration adoption of Chinese surnames ⓘ
intermarriage with Han Chinese ⓘ
historicalLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Classical Chinese ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Judeo-Persian ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
historicalPeriod Ming dynasty ⓘ
Song dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Northern Song dynasty

Qing dynasty ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
locatedIn China ⓘ
Henan Province ⓘ
Kaifeng ⓘ
notableCommunity Chinese Jews of Kaifeng ⓘ
surface form: Kaifeng Jews
originTheory Jewish merchants on the Silk Road ⓘ
recognizedBy some rabbinic authorities outside China ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
religiousBuilding Kaifeng synagogue ⓘ
religiousPractice circumcision ⓘ
keeping kosher to varying degrees ⓘ
observance of Jewish holidays ⓘ
subgroupOf Jews ⓘ
subjectOf Christian missionary reports in the 17th century ⓘ
Qing dynasty gazetteers ⓘ
traditionalSurnames Ai ⓘ
Gao ⓘ
Jin ⓘ
Li ⓘ
Shi ⓘ
Zhang ⓘ
Zhao ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jin → ethnoReligiousAssociation → Chinese Jews ⓘ
subject surface form: Jin (Chinese surname associated with Kaifeng Jews)
Ai → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Chinese Jews ⓘ
Shi → ethnicAssociation → Chinese Jews ⓘ
subject surface form: Shi (surname associated with Kaifeng Jews)
Ai (Kaifeng Jewish surname) → religiousTradition → Chinese Jews ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Judaism