Kaifeng Jews

The Kaifeng Jews comprise the best documented Jewish community in China. They resided in the city of Kaifeng in Henan province. Although their profile was relatively low among the surrounding mainstream Chinese populace, they have attracted interest from European visitors, who were curious about this most remote outpost of Jewish culture. Although Jews in modern China have traditionally called themselves Youtai (犹太) in Mandarin Chinese — also the predominant contemporary Chinese language term for Jews in general — the community was long known by their  Han Chinese neighbors as adherents of tiao jin jiao , meaning, loosely, the religion which removes the sinew. (See kashrut.)
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