Ehud Olmert's Harbin Roots: A Manchurian Jewish Story

Sat, 09 May 2026 12:00:00 +0300

In June 2004, Ehud Olmert — then Israel’s deputy prime minister and trade minister — slipped away from a business delegation in northeastern China for a private errand. He drove out to the Huangshan Jewish Cemetery on the wooded outskirts of Harbin and stood at the grave of his grandfather, Yosef Olmert. He laid stones on the headstone, recited the kaddish in Hebrew alongside his brother Amram, and afterwards spoke at length about a Chinese city he had never lived in but had grown up inside.

Jewish WWII Flying Tigers Pilot Returns Home 82 Years After Death in China

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0300

A Jewish American fighter pilot who gave his life defending China from Japanese invasion during World War II has finally been laid to rest in his hometown, more than eight decades after his death.

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Ehud Olmert's Harbin Roots: A Manchurian Jewish Story

Jewish WWII Flying Tigers Pilot Returns Home 82 Years After Death in China