Jewish history of Harbin rediscovered

(19 Feb 2007) SHOTLIST
Recent, Harbin North East China
1. Wide of the New Jewish Synagogue
2. Front of the New Jewish Synagogue
3. Plaque of the New Jewish Synagogue
4. Mid of Jewish Menorah (seven branched candlestick) inside the New Jewish Synagogue
5. Pan of the exhibition hall inside the New Jewish Synagogue
6. Corridor on the second floor of the New Jewish Synagogue
7. Zoom out of ceramic figure in the exhibition hall of the New Jewish Synagogue
8. Mid of ceramic figure in the exhibition hall of the New Jewish Synagogue
9. Wide of the pictures displayed in the New Jewish Synagogue
10. Close of various pictures of displayed in the New Jewish Synagogue
SOUNDBITE (English): Dan Ben-Canaan, Professor of Writing for Journalism, Hei Long Jiang University
"The first family that came to Harbin came in 1898, so 108 years ago. They were followed by business people who came from Russia, from Sweden, from France, through the tran-siberian railway that was built at the time, this by the way was the foundation of the city."
11. Mid of the pictures displayed in the New Jewish Synagogue
12. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin): Li, Shu-Xiao, Senior Researcher, Jewish Research Centre, The Academy of Social Science of Hei Long Jian Province
"After the railway was built in 1898, many Russians came to Harbin. So the Russian Jews arrived. This is the origin of the history. More importantly, after the First World War, many Jewish refuges mainly from Eastern Europe came, then after the October Revolution, and after the Second World War. These are about three stages. At the height, the number of the Jewish people living in Harbin was twenty thousand."
13. Pan of Modern Hotel built by Jewish people of Harbin
14. SOUNDBITE(English): Dan Ben-Canaan, Professor of Writing for Journalism, Hei Long Jiang University
"As you walk along the districts of Dao Wai and Dao Li districts, you will see those buildings that were either commercial, hotels, restaurants, theatres, all the way to synagogues, to social halls, to hospitals, schools, and their residential buildings. Those served not just the Jewish community, but the whole community. "
15. Exterior of the Eye Hospital, the site of the Jewish Hospital in Jewish district
16. Plaque of the Jewish Hospital
17. Exterior of the Hei Long Jiang Taxation Bureau, the site of the Jewish Free Soup Kitchen and the Home for the Aged on Guo Ge Li Street
18. Exterior of the Main Jewish Synagogue
19. Plaque of the Main Jewish Synagogue (writing in Chinese/ Hebrew and English)
20. Exterior of the Korean High School, the site of the Jewish High School
21. SOUNDBITE : (English): Dan Ben-Canaan, Israel, Professor of Writing for Journalism, Hei Long Jiang University
"When you are walking into the what is now known as the Korean High School, but it was a Jewish high school, adjacent to the synagogue, this is the way it was, exactly the way it was."
22. Exterior of building on Guo Ge Li Street used to be shops and houses of Jewish people in Harbin
23. Close of the number plaque : No. 18 Guo Ge Li Street, of the building used to be shops and houses of Jewish people in Harbin
24.Exterior of building on Guo Ge Li Street used to be shops and houses of Jewish people in Harbin
25. Close of top of building on Guo Ge Li Street used to be shops and houses of Jewish people in Harbin (shows year when the building was built 1921)
26. SOUNDBITE : (Mandarin): Li, Shu-Xiao, Senior Researcher, Jewish Research Centre, The Academy of Social Science of Hei Long Jian Province
27. Wide of tomb at the Jewish Huang Shan Cemetery
28. Mid of tomb at the Jewish Huang Shan Cemetery
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