Community Passover Seder Saturday, March 31st

The Passover Seder is a communal meal where we recount the Exodus story and explore historic and modern realities of slavery and freedom. Passover is also a time of remembrance because “we too were once strangers”. (Exodus, 22:20)

Since social isolation is a key factor in the mental health of the homeless, the Passover Seder creates an opportunity for these individuals to connect and be part of a community.

This year we'll be hosting our Community Seder on the second night of Passover at the Capital Club (Kehillat Beijing Address)

Date: Saturday, March 31st

Time: Doors open at 6 pm, Seder begins at 6:30 pm

If you'll be joining us, please RSVP by email or scan the QR code below to pay by wechat:

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Adults Members/Students - 200 RMB

Non-members - 300 RMB

Kids - 150 RMB

PASSOVER 2018 @Kehillat Beijing

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*All foreign passport holders and spouses/significant others are welcome (due to local regulations)

*We will not be holding our weekly Shabbat dinner or Kabbalat Shabbat on Friday, March 30th.

Get Your Matzah

If you'd like to order matzah or matzah meal, please pre-order by sending an email to info@sinogogue.org. Tell us how many boxes you'd like. The cost will be approximately 60 RMB for a box of matzah and 40 RMB for a box of matzah meal. Will be available to collect at the Seder.

Kehillat Beijing - Beijing's Local Jewish Community

Founded in 1979, the Kehillat Beijing Foundation supports Jewish life in Beijing, around China, and across the world. We host Shabbat services and dinner each and every Friday night beginning at 7:00 pm, in addition to a range of holiday celebrations, educational opportunities, and community retreats and excursions into one of the world's greatest cities.

Kehillat Beijing, Tiananmen, 1999

Our History

While the first members of Beijing’s Jewish community arrived here as early as the 1930s and 1940s, the history of Kehillat Beijing dates back to 1979, the year Deng Xiaoping’s “Open Door” policy went into effect. In those early days, the members of the community were primarily North American business people, journalists, diplomats, and students, and efforts focused on getting together for Passover and the High Holy Days, which were usually celebrated at the homes of members. The community’s first seder took place in 1980.

By the early 1990s, in addition to people from the U.S.A. and Canada, Beijing’s Jewish community had grown to embrace Jews from Australia, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Luxembourg, Poland, and Russia. We coalesced as a community in 1995 and began regular Friday night services in that year, courtesy of the Capital Club of Beijing, which continues to provide the venue today.

Dr. and Mrs. Jordan Phillips of the U.S.A donated a Sefer Torah, we began to celebrate all major holidays, and we put together a class for younger children and a discussion group for adults. In 1996 we celebrated our first bar mitzvah and in 1997 our first B'rit Milah –no mean feats in a city with neither a rabbi nor a mohel.

Kehillat Beijing Address