In the morning, you will go to
Shanghai Huoshan Park, where there was a monument for “During World War II Jewish refugees living zone”. There is cemetery for Jewish people. Israeli Ex-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s parents were buried here. The
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee was founded in 1914, and now the building becomes the common residence of Shanghai citizens. The creak stairs, dark corridor, narrow space, you may imagine the life her
e.
Ohel Moishe Synagogue was the old church for Jewish to do worship. Jewish youth organization once set their base here. Now it is Jewish Refugee Memorial Hall of Shanghai. Many Jewish from all over the world came here to find trace of their ancestor.
In the afternoon, you will visit another western style building, a white building:
Shanghai Arts and Crafts Museum, where there are fine jade craft on show. Some experienced craft men are making the jade items there. You can watch the whole producing process. Next stop is
Shanghai Conservatory of Music, which once was the club for rich Jewish people to entertain.
China Welfare Institute Children’s Palace is a luxurious mansion built by Jewish people. In 1953, fist lady Song Qingling set the welfare institute for children. Even now there are so many colorful activities for children to spend their spare time.
