Former British colony, now returned to China.
The Jewish Community Center, One Robinson Place, 70 Robinson Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong. Tel. 852 2801 5440, Fax 852 2877 0917 [October 2000]
synagogue [October 2000]
history [October 2000]
history [October 2000]
Also click on Hong Kong [August 2005]
- 13 Shan Kwong Road Cemetery: "Engraved in marble in Hebrew letters, an inscription states that the Sassoon family purchased the cemetery from Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Fascinating inscriptions in both Hebrew and English date back to the 1850's." Source: Freedman, Warren. World Guide for the Jewish Traveler . NY: E.P. Dutton Inc, 1984. Extracted by Bernard Kouchel z"l. [March 1994.] photos and burial list [March 2009] photos [Aug 2015]
- Hong Kong Jewish Cemetery: Happy Valley: "I have many photographs." Source: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., . [January 2002] photos and Roll of Honor. [January 2010] photos and photos. "This was initially established in 1851 on farmland purchased by Community members. Later, during the tenure of the only Jewish Governor, Sir Mathew Nathan, the Community acquired an adjacent piece of land and the cemetery, now completely surrounded by highrises, is an oasis of peace and tranquility. /All three hundred gravestones have been meticulously recorded, photographed and translated and this information is in the process of being digitized. It is hoped that at sometime in the future the cemetery project will be expanded to include Jewish cemeteries in SE Asia, including Burma and Penang, some of which are badly neglected and may be at risk of being requisitioned by the Authorities." Source: Jewish Historical Society of Hong Kong article [January 2010]
- Stanley Military Cemetery ,Victoria ."This military cemetery has four Jewish graves. I photographed the graves and headstones and sent them to Igud Yotzei Sin, Israeli Association of Former Residents of China. On the day of the political handover to China, I was at Stanley Military Cemetery." Source:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., CFE at email: . [January 2002]