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        "id": 212866,
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        "series_title": "RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊",
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        "page_number": 175,
        "title": "RAS-1992",
        "content_text": "160\n\npublished weekly under the editorship of Ezra, was in English. Others were in Russian and German.\n\nSchools\n\nYoungsters from the Sephardic community were educated at the Public School in the International Settlement. The fee was too hefty for most of the Ashkenazi boys. As a result, the Kadoorie family endowed the School for Hebrew Boys where there was a respectable scholarship program.\n\nB'nai B'rith\n\nAn article entitled 'Shanghai Fortunes' in the National Jewish Monthly (June 1930) revealed that B'nai B'rith, considered the foremost secular Jewish organization in the world, but by the Sephardic community as particularly Ashkenazi, had trouble getting started in Shanghai. The Shanghai lodge was established officially in 1928, but, 'the circumstances of Jewish life in Shanghai are such that the organization of a B'nai B'rith Lodge was fraught with the most unusual difficulties. National divisions are sharp, particularly between the older Jewish families of the city and the more recently arrived Ashkenzim.\n\nEventually the Shanghai Lodge of B'nai B'rith went on stream when leading citizens of the Sephardic community, notably the Kadoorie, lent their support. It sponsored such activities as the Jewish Boy Scouts and the Jewish Girl Guides. On Seder Night, hospitality was extended to all Jews. At a Hanuka tea, 500 children were present.\n\nClubs\n\n17\n\nThe Jewish Club opened in 1919 or 1920 in a colonial style building at the corner of Great Western and Tifeng Road. The cost for the building was $250,000. The entrance fee was $25 and the monthly subscription was $7. There was an auditorium of 80 by 40 feet for lectures, and a billiard room 'that was rarely neglected.' Meanwhile, Jews joined major clubs such as the Shanghai Club, the French Club, the American Club, and the Country Golf Club. They were also active in horse racing.\n\nAs the reader can see, a great deal of work remains to be done in order to obtain a more complete portrait of the Jewish community in Shanghai.",
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    {
        "id": 212869,
        "series_id": 26,
        "series_slug": "histsyn-rashkb-journal-engine",
        "series_title": "RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊",
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        "document_key": "RAS-1992",
        "page_number": 178,
        "title": "RAS-1992",
        "content_text": "163\n\nAn account of an interesting incident was found in Carl Smith's files. In 1927, the synagogue was invaded by zealous American missionaries who distributed Christian tracts during the yum kippur services\n\n26 The article was written by George Sokolsky, president of the B'nai B'rith\n\n17\n\n28\n\nI did not record the date of the tea, but the source was dated 1936\n\n26 March, 1987 issue",
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