Shanghai, CHINA: The Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Shlomo Amar (C) prays with a group of Orthodox Jews during a tour of the historic Ohel Rachel synagogue which was built in 1920 during the period of the first wave of Jewish migration to Shanghai, 12 June 2006. The Chief Rabbi is in China to meet government leaders in Shanghai and Beijing and toured the synagogue which is only open to the Jewish community during special religious occassions and used to house up to 700 devotee’s in the period 1920 – 1949 when many Jews sought refuge in Shanghai. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
