See & Do
Former Jewish Ghetto
East of the Dalian Lu Metro station, closer to the Huangpu River and north-east of the Bund, lies Shanghai’s former Jewish ghetto. At 62 Changyang Lu, Ohel Moishe Synagogue , founded by Meir Ashkenazi in 1926, now houses a small museum.
There is a row of picturesque homes around the corner on Zhoushan Lu, and another across from undersized Huoshan Park . For more information about Shanghai’s Jewish community, past and present, visit www.chinajewish.org.
If you walk north on Zhoushan Lu from Ohel Moishe, you’ll find a bustling street market at the intersection with Yuhang Lu. Colourful umbrellas shade the fruit, vegetables, crayfish and eels, while narrow lanes lead mysteriously into warrens of tenement housing. Try a zongzi – a ball of sticky rice wrapped in leaves – from the stall on the corner. It’s ¥2 for the most expensive version, which contains an egg yolk along with a chunk of sweet and salty pork. Very few foreigners venture here so be discreet with your camera – the frog vendor is particularly jumpy.
There is a row of picturesque homes around the corner on Zhoushan Lu, and another across from undersized Huoshan Park . For more information about Shanghai’s Jewish community, past and present, visit www.chinajewish.org.
If you walk north on Zhoushan Lu from Ohel Moishe, you’ll find a bustling street market at the intersection with Yuhang Lu. Colourful umbrellas shade the fruit, vegetables, crayfish and eels, while narrow lanes lead mysteriously into warrens of tenement housing. Try a zongzi – a ball of sticky rice wrapped in leaves – from the stall on the corner. It’s ¥2 for the most expensive version, which contains an egg yolk along with a chunk of sweet and salty pork. Very few foreigners venture here so be discreet with your camera – the frog vendor is particularly jumpy.
