A one-time poster on a different message board and his brother are paying the expenses of two of these girls. They are also paying the expenses of a Chinese-Jewish male now studying business at Hebrew University. Israel is really very diverse in its population.
Aliyah from China: Jewish history in the making
Arutz Sheva welcomes home 5 women from ancient Chinese Jewish community after thousands of years, in 'fulfillment of prophecy.'
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/208694#
By Yoni Kempinski
First Publish: 2/29/2016, 7:01 PM
Arutz Sheva was on hand late Monday morning to greet five women from the ancient Chinese Jewish community of Kaifeng, as they made Aliyah to Israel and returned to their homeland after thousands of years of exile.
The five women, Gao Yichen (“Weiwei”), Yue Ting, Li Jing, Li Yuan, and Li Chengjin (“Lulu”), were aided by the Shavei Israel organization in coming home, and arrived after several years of intensive Jewish study and Hebrew study in Kaifeng.
"Weiwei" told Arutz Sheva that she learned of her Jewish identity when she was still a child, at around the age of seven, while Li Yuan said her father and grandfather taught her that "we need to come back to Israel."
According to "Weiwei," it felt like "magic" to arrive in Israel.
While at Ben-Gurion International Airport to greet the five, Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund emphasized that "what we're seeing here today is Jewish history in the making."
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Aliyah from China: Jewish history in the making_
Aliyah from China: Jewish history in the making
Arutz Sheva welcomes home 5 women from ancient Chinese Jewish community after thousands of years, in 'fulfillment of prophecy.'
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/208694#
By Yoni Kempinski
First Publish: 2/29/2016, 7:01 PM
Arutz Sheva was on hand late Monday morning to greet five women from the ancient Chinese Jewish community of Kaifeng, as they made Aliyah to Israel and returned to their homeland after thousands of years of exile.
The five women, Gao Yichen (“Weiwei”), Yue Ting, Li Jing, Li Yuan, and Li Chengjin (“Lulu”), were aided by the Shavei Israel organization in coming home, and arrived after several years of intensive Jewish study and Hebrew study in Kaifeng.
"Weiwei" told Arutz Sheva that she learned of her Jewish identity when she was still a child, at around the age of seven, while Li Yuan said her father and grandfather taught her that "we need to come back to Israel."
According to "Weiwei," it felt like "magic" to arrive in Israel.
While at Ben-Gurion International Airport to greet the five, Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund emphasized that "what we're seeing here today is Jewish history in the making."
Continue reading at:
Aliyah from China: Jewish history in the making_