The old site of Ohel Moishe Synagogue is a must-see place for Jewish tourists in China. Built in 1927 (the year of 5688 in Jewish calender), Ohel Moishe Synagogue was originally a dedicated church for Jews and it became the religious center of the Jewish refugees of Shanghai during the World War Ⅱ. The Jewish Youth had set up its headquarter in Ohel Moishe Synagogue. It had given the warmest reception to the 20,000 displaced Jewish refugees and also witnessed the kindness of Chinese people, especially the tolerance and goodness of Shanghai citizens. Ohel Moishe Synagogue has become the antonomasia of “salvation” and “shelter”, just like Oskar Schindler and Raoul Wallenberg. Even though I am a Chinese, I am still amazed by that period of history in this Shanghai Xian tour.
In 2007, Hongkou District repaired the church and changed its name into Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum. Ohel Moishe Synagogue perhaps remains the most complete written texts and real objects about “Jewish refugee ghetto” in Shanghai.
At that time, Ohel Moishe Synagogue had become the gathering place the Jewish refugees and supported their beliefs. The set up schools, hospitals, stores and factories here, and continued the anti-fascist struggle through various organized activities. Shanghai had been the warmest and the safest haven in the Far East. Many of them still had stayed for a long time after the end of the war. Many international figures have visited the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum, including the former U.S. President Bill Clinton, the former Israel president Moshe Katzav, former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and former Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. Just like the world famous Terra-cotta Warriors in Xian tour, which has attracted 179 heads of states and governments.
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