Re: Chinese Klezmer

[Alex J. Lubet <lubet001...>]

There is a shul in Shanghai that is occasionally used by the expat Jewish 
community, but is mostly a museum.  When I was there in 1999, there was a 
wonderful, spry old gentleman who ran the museum and gave me a
walking tour of the Jewish sights.  It cost me nothing as the guest of a 
university, but when my brother went as a tourist the following year, he paid 
plenty, although he thought it well worth it.  If you're really
interested, I'll see if I can dig up the info.

Ari lists a klez band in Beijing, none in Shanghai.  It's a fascinating country 
and I met lots of lovely people, although outside of Shanghai I couldn't even 
explain what a Jew was let alone find anything Jewish.
(Most of my time was spent in Sichuan province and I wouldn't extrapolate from 
my experience at all.  I was a guest of a music festival, conducted a choir in 
one of my own pieces, lectured, and was treated incredibly
well.)

There are a number of website on the Jews of Asia, including one by that name, 
that should provide some helpful info about China.



AntiChatAdvocate (at) aol(dot)com wrote:

> Hey, I'm going to China in April and I was wondering if anyone knows of 
> anything klezmer-wise going on there at that time of year. Also, if anyone 
> knows of any shuls in the Shang-hai area that would be great, too.
>
> -Thanks
>

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