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Minyan be-Ḳaifeng = Minyan in Kaifeng / a Gorp Brothers Production of a Dor L'Dor film in association with Interlock Media, Incorporated.
מניין בקאיפנג.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Calcote, Steven E.
Shulman, Jonathan M.
Gorp Brothers Productions.
Interlock Media Associates.
Dor L'Dor Films.
National Center for Jewish Film.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Jews--China--Kaifeng Xian--History.
Jews.
Kaifeng Xian (China)--Ethnic relations.
Kaifeng Xian (China).
Kaifeng Xian (China)--Religious life and customs.
Jews--China--Beijing.
Beijing (China)--Religious life and customs.
Beijing (China).
Ethnic relations.
China--Beijing.
China--Kaifeng Xian.
Genre:
Documentary films.
History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (74 minutes)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
Other Title:
Minyan in Kaifeng : a modern journey to an ancient Chinese Jewish community
Place of Publication:
[Waltham, Mass.] : National Center for Jewish Film, [2001]
Language Note:
Title also in Chinese.
System Details:
digital
Summary:
In December 1997, twelve Jews living in Beijing, China, a mixture of Americans, Australians and Israelis, traveled to Kaifeng to see what remained of that city's 800 year old Jewish community. They found descendants of the original Jews who had never so much as celebrated the Jewish Sabbath, and who, according to the strict definition of Jewish law, were not Jewish. Yet, they identified as Jews. This documentary describes the results of the meeting of these two groups of people interspersed with segments about the history of the Jewish community of Kaifeng.
Participant:
Narrated by Leonard Nimoy.
Credits:
Written and directed by Steven E. Calcote and Jonathan M. Shulman ; original music conducted and composed by Daniel Paquet Davis.
Notes:
Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on August 31, 2023).
OCLC:
122713227
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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