Finally, the assimilated Jews settled in Henan. Why don't they want to go back to Israel?

There is a special ethnic group located in Kaifeng, China. Seen from a distance, they are actually similar to ordinary people in China, although there is not much difference. But they have similar religious beliefs with Israeli Jews who are thousands of miles away, because they are descendants of Jews who have only lived in China and are the only Jews who have been assimilated in the world. They are Chinese Jews living in Henan.

At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 20th century, some international Jewish organizations began to help Chinese Jews restore their traditions. /kloc-After the middle of the 0/9th century, with the resignation of the last Jewish priest, Kaifeng Jews' belief in Judaism has been very weak, and some Christian teams have gradually begun to devote themselves to the cause of aiding Chinese Jews.

Jews may have come to China as early as the Han Dynasty. From the Tang and Song Dynasties to the late Qing Dynasty, Jews lived in a relatively isolated community, and most of them lived in Kaifeng. Because of similar customs, Jews in China are often mistaken for Muslims by other China people. In the documents of the Yuan Dynasty, people found the earliest appellations of Chinese Jews by China people: "Zhu Hu" and "Zhu".

The opening to the outside world in the Tang and Song Dynasties was the best dynasty in history. On the ancient Silk Road at that time, Jews followed the caravan all the way to China to do business, which is what we call trade. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Kaifeng had a special Jewish community. Later, some Jews simply settled in China and even married girls in China. Since then, they have never returned to the land of their ancestors.

Because they are loyal to their own beliefs, Jews can keep their national identity intact and not be assimilated wherever they go. The price of maintaining national unity is that in Europe with Christianity as the core, Jews have been forced to suffer as pagans for thousands of years. Every Jew yearns for land and home, and it is every Jew's lifelong pursuit to return to Israel, which is "nourished with milk and honey" in the Bible.

China's Jewish descent is not recognized by Israel, mainly because of the different inheritance laws. Israeli law is matriarchal inheritance, while China is paternal inheritance. Therefore, they can only live in Kaifeng, China for generations. After all, this is their home.