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Schneier.
Chinese Scholar Sees
Similarities With Jews
SUSAN BIRNBAUM
N
ew York — As Profes-
sor Gao Wangzhi as-
cended the podium at
New York's Park East
Synagogue to deliver a lec-
ture on the history of the
Jewish community of
Shanghai, two dozen people
converged on him.
Waving passports from Ger-
many and other countries
bearing stamps of entry into
Shanghai during World War
II, these Jews were ecstatic to
recall their days of haven and
the Chinese who welcomed
them. Gao, a native of
Shanghai, was moved nearly
to tears.
A teacher of Judaism and
Christianity at the Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences in
Beijing, Gao also remembers
those days. "When I was a boy
in Shanghai during World
War II, I witnessed many
Jewish refugees, and I made
friends with the Russian-
Jewish boys . . . They spoke
good Chinese," he recalled.
The president of the Appeal
of Conscience Foundation, Ar-
thur Schneier, arranged Goo's
study this year at the Har-
vard Divinity School.
"At that time," Gao con-
tinued, "I didn't think
anything about Jews or
judaism, but later I became
aware of Jews having endured
the Holocaust in Europe. It
moved me very deeply."
Gao, 50, with an air of pa-
tience and a shy smile play-
ing on his lips, wore a kippah
and seemed very much at
home in the Jewish ambience
as he recalled his education
in missionary schools and his
Christian upbringing, which
included observance of the
traditional ancestor workship
that is part of Confucianism.
It is not at all uncommon
for the Chinese to mix
religions, Gao said. He noted
that he sees some similarities
between Jews and Chinese,
particularly in reverence for
the elders in the family.
Because of his feeling for
Jewish history, the professor
said, "I decided to do
something for the betterment
of the relations between the
two peoples."
About 20 years ago, Gao
became seriously interested
in the study of Jews in China.
His source materials were the
Torah and books available
through Christian schools.
Communism, he said, has not
deterred the Chinese from
their initial interest in
religion. These new years of
Chinese openness to Western
ways are likewise a blessing
-for those who wish to study
and practice religion, he said.
Last year, he went to a
former synagogue in
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Shanghai, one of about 30
that fully functioned in the
heyday of Jewish presence in
that cosmopolitan city. The
synagogue was very difficult
to locate, said Gao. Two were
demolished two years ago
"because the Chinese people
and government really didn't
recognize the symbolism of
the synagogue. They really
don't think it should be
preserved as an historical
site."
During his research, Gao
has found that "We don't have
any kind of anti-Semitism in
China. These two people were
friendly and hostility never
existed between us," he said.
Gao ,9.9.:d he does not
understand how China could
be antithetical to Israel or
Jews. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, one of