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Outside the synagogue, the
most fascinating site is the
Jewish Cemetery, in Happy
Valley. Happy Valley was the
second site inhabited by
Europeans after the founding
of the territory in 1941. When
the first settlers were
decimated near their harbor-
side village, they moved to a
more salubrious section
(hence the name Happy
Valley). Today known mainly
for its race course, it is also
the location of Catholic,
Parsee and Moslem
cemeteries. Five minutes
away is the Jewish cemetery,
built in 1857.
One enters the cemetery
underneath a charming
bridge linking two sections of
a Chinese school. The site
itself has about 350 graves
which date back to the start
of the territory. The birth in-
scriptions are like miniature
history of Jewish settlements.
Settlers came from Poland,
Romania, from "Chelumpo,
Korea" (the old name for the
port of Inchon), from Ger-
many and "Russland" (the
old name for Byelorussia).
One family came from
Sydney, Australia, in 1841!
Even in Hong Kong the
adage that "with two Jews,
you have three opinions" en-
dures. Several years ago,
when the congregation refus-
ed to perform the bar mitzvah
of the son of a Reform Jewish
family, the Reform-style
United Jewish Community of
Hong Kong was formed. Thus,
with the small Lubavitch
division, each has its own
congregations.
The one commonality for
the entire community is the
Jewish Club. Originally the
Jewish Recreation Club, nam-
ed after, Shanghai's cham-
pionship soccer team of the
1930s, it was located near the
synagogue. Later, the club
was relocated and renamed
on the fourth floor of
Melbourne Plaza on Queen's
Road in Central.
There are no divisions in
the Jewish Club. Information
of the different services and
cultural activities is displayed
along with kosher
restaurants, a food shop,
sauna, health club, meeting
rooms and a small but choice
library.
Jewish visitors to Hong
Kong can take temporary
membership for a minimum
fee, with use of all the
facilities. The Club holds a
special Shabbat dinner on
Friday and a Sunday night
barbecue.
Historical Hong Kong is
mainly concerned with
Chinese-British relations, but
those interested in the dif-
ferent paths of Jewish
civilization in China use the
Jewish Club library for at
least an introduction.
Various newspapers and
magazines published here
since 1902 give clues to dif-
ferent Jewish communities in
China. Books published by
the Jewish Historical Society
give more information.
Some say that the Hong
Kong Jewish community is
unique because of its
divergences. "Like the tallit,
the Jewish cloth," said one
scholar, "there are hundreds
of threads interwoven into
one another."
On the High Holidays,
however, when three different
synagogues are filled with
Jews from around the world,
one sees Hong Kong as yet
another territory where the
Jewish community can prac-
tice, worship and observe
their age-old traditions in
freedom.
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War Crimes
Investigated
Sydney, Australia (JTA) -
Two New Zealand police of-
ficers have left for the Mid-
dle East, Europe and North
America to investigate
charges that Nazi war
criminals have made their
home in New Zealand.
The two-man investigation
unit will follow up allega-
tions pending against 42
New Zealand residents.
They will be traveling
with their counterparts from
the Special Investigations
Unit of the Australian At-
torney General's Depart-
ment, which travels widely
for its inquiries and forensic
research into alleged war
criminals living in
Australia.
The mission was made
public by New Zealand's
solicitor general, John
McGrath.
The president of the New
Zealand Jewish Council,
Wendy Ross, told the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency that the
New Zealand news media
had not shown much interest
in the war crimes allega-
tions.
Ms. Ross commented on
the contrast between "the
public outcry against France
for not continuing the pros-
ecution" in the case of the
sinking of Greenpeace ship
Rainbow Warrior, which
resulted in a death, and "the
reaction to the news that
mass murderers and sadistic
killers may have used New
Zealand as a refuge."
It "is a sad reflection of
public attitudes in this coun-
try," she said.
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