15th Century the great Synagogue was renovated with the help of @ grant from the Imperial exchequer. In the ITth Century when Father Ricci was the first European to. come into contact with the community it had suffered from the natural "and political misfortunes which had overtaken Kaifeng, but subsefquent Jesuit visitors brought." back reports of the colony, the habits and the scriptures of its people. By the 19th Century, however, it had virtually disappeared, although, as Dr. Fuchs shows, some efforts were made by pious Jews in Shanghai to ascertain whether there remained authentic descendants of the once vigorous Jews of Kaifeng. In 1901 about 140 adults at Kaifeng called themselves Tal Chin Chiao, but except that they did not worship idols or eat pork there was no difference between them and the rest of the population, 'They had no knowledge of Hebrew, nor did they observe any Mosaic or Rabbinical. Law. 'Their synagogue was no longer existing. In the event for various reasons, including' lack of funds, it was decided that Tat Chin Chiao had all intents and purposes ceased to be Jewish, The holders of the title deed of the Synagogue sold it to a Christian Mission a1 Kaifeng.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.