Building Bridges between East and West through Education and Cultural Exchange
Album: Harbin — Jewish Synagogue
The Synagogue Museum in Harbin (Heilongjiang) contains an art gallery and a beautiful presentation of the history of Jewish people who contributed in significant ways to the development of the city.
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Front entrance to the Jewish Synagogue Museum.
Main entrance with historical plaques at the side of the doors.
The plaque provided by the Jewish Museum.
Interior view of the main floor art museum.
St Nicholas Church, once a great landmark in Harbin. The site of this church is now one of the major traffic circles.
Views celebrating early life in Harbin.
Second floor entrance to the museum.
Locations where the Jewish community came from to escape persecution.
The tribute to Harbin (and the Chinese) by Henry Kissinger (US Secretary of State during times of US Presidents Nixon and Ford).
Display includes a model of this same building, with a dome that is not so easily seen from the street.
Many of the buildings shown here, owned and built by Jews, are still seen on Central Avenue.
The community brought much of the European music tradition to Harbin. The city continues to enjoy great music.
One of the paintings here may represent Moses bringing the Ten Commandments down from the mountain.
Identity papers for some of the Jewish residents of Harbin.
On both the floor, here, and the ceiling can be seen the Jewish emblem called the Star of David.
One of the local tour guides (on the left) providing information to tourists.
Again, the Star of David is placed in the windows. David was a much loved king of the ancient state of Israel.
