Leave the Jewish shelter area alone

If there's one thing that makes the residents of Shanghai proud of their city, it's that it served as a safe shelter for some 30,000 Jews who fled the Nazi persecution during World War II.

I have visited the old Jewish ghetto area in Hongkou district several times in the last few years, mostly with my Jewish friends from all over the world.

Photos and videos displayed at the old Ohel Moshe Synagogue, now the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum, take you back 50 years. It is a wonderful introduction to the city's short, yet fascinating history.