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from Long Island Evelyn Pike Rubin had previously presented her story to faculty and staff at Touro Law Center. Another conference highlight was the presentation by Manli Ho who has spent more than a decade researching her fathers life story. Among other things Dr. Feng-Shan Ho has been recognized at Yad Vashem as a Righteous Gentile. It also is worth noting that Professor Jonathan Goldstein presented new and important findings with respect to developments in the Philippines relating to Jewish immigration on the eve Word War II. Local sponsors included our academic partner the law school of the Shanghai University of International Business and Economics SUIBE the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum the Center for Jewish Studies in Shanghai and the Shanghai Society for Peoples Friendship Studies. Five individuals and foundations provided the financial support for the conference including the Herman Goldman Foundation the Sino-Judaic Institute the Florence and Laurence Spungen Family Foundation the Capobianco Family and the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Firm. In addition a number of key players in and around Shanghai were instrumental in assisting with the conference. Arnon Perlman the Israeli Consul General attended the opening reception and Deputy Consul General Nadav Zysblat provided substantive remarks during the conference. In a pre-meeting at the Israeli consulate Touro was thanked for doing this conference and the importance of the relationship between China and Israel was emphasized and words were said about how this conference was one more positive step in a building relationship. The U.S. Consulate was helpful in the pre-planning and a representative participated with remarks at the opening reception. Rabbi Shalom Greenberg at the Chabad in Shanghai was helpful from the beginning with advice about working in Shanghai and with all aspect of conference food needs. He also graciously hosted the Touro Law team for Shabbat in Shanghai. Prof. Xu Xin who directs the most comprehensive Jewish StudiesIsrael program in China out of the University of Nanjing was helpful in advance planning delivered an excellent address at the conference and led an optional tour of Nanjing and his Institute following the conference. It is interesting to note the financial support from the Jewish community in the U.S. for his Institute the fact that they have a Torah in an ark at the Institute a Center for the study of Sholem Alechem a Center for Israeli Studies they teach Hebrew and they send their students to study in Israel. Prof. Xu said that there are a number of such institutes in China including one in Shanghai directed by Dr. Pan Guang who had visited Touro Law Center prior to the conference to speak to faculty and students and to help with conference planning. Also prior to the conference the Law Center has hosted the traveling Jews of Shanghai exhibit on loan from the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum. Conference proceedings are being compiled by Associate Dean Rodger Citron and we plan to present a manuscript to the Touro College Press for book publication in early 2016. This conference continued the Law Centers commitment to Holocaust studies and was an important step this year especially given the loss of Prof. Harry Reicher who would have been an integral part of the project team. Prior conferences in Berlin Nuremburg and Paris focused on more mainstream aspects of the Holocaust studies. The China conference explored lesser known stories of survival and legal issues confronted by those who became stateless in Shanghai while under Japanese occupation. Making Connections The U.S. Consulate hosted a public information session where Dr. Susan Thompson Assoc. Dean Rodger Citron and Dean Salkin spoke about U.S. LL.M. and J.D. degrees in general to approximately 35 interested Chinese lawyers and law students. Dean Salkin delivered a substantive presentation on land use law to faculty and students at JiaoTong School of Law in Shanghai. The head of the faculty expressed an interest in collaboration with Touro Law and the Land Use and Sustainable Development Institute. A new agreement of cooperation was signed between SUIBE Law and Touro Law extending our existing agreement and reaffirming interest in faculty and student exchanges and collaborative research. An agreement of cooperation was signed with Jimei School of Law located in Xiamen. Touro Law has agreed to host Professor Joy Zheng for the year as a Scholar in Residence. She has been awarded a Scholarship by the Chinese government to visit a law school in the U.S. for the 2015-2016 academic year. Deans Salkin and Citron had the opportunity to meet Prof. Zheng in Shanghai. Red entry door still visible in the Hongkou District - A reminder that the area once housed 1000s of Jews. L-R Dvir Bar-Gal Rabbi Shalom Grenberg Israeli Consul General Aron Perlman and Deputy Consul General Nadav Zysblat Shanghai Landers at the opening reception with Deans Salkin and Citron. Dean Salkin and Dean Ni of SUIBE Law School.