LIBRARY

Located on the first floor of the Jewish Community Centre of Hong Kong, The Judaica Library is the largest library in the Far East dedicated to Judaica. Founded by the Jewish Historical Society of Hong Kong in 1984, it was first named Ohel Leah Synagogue Library and was staffed by volunteers. After the completion of a redevelopment project in 1995, it was renamed The Judaica Library.

The JCC Library is open to serve all members of the Jewish Community Centre of Hong Kong. Because the Centre aims to strengthen fellowship, enrich family life and enhance Jewish identity of all Jews living in Hong Kong. It now holds 4,250 volumes of books and 300 items of audio-visual materials.

The Library also holds a special collection, the Sino-Judaic Collection, which archives historical material on Jews in China and Southeast Asia. The tie between Hong Kong and China is much closer since the handover in 1997, since when Jews in China has become a popular topic of interest to local and overseas researchers.

Reference materials, as well as the archive, can be consulted in the Library. 

The Lending section materials can be signed out by members for two weeks.

OPENING HOURS
Sunday - Friday
Open 9am to 7pm
(Keys from Reception)

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PJ LIBRARY

PJ Library sends free high-quality Jewish children’s books to families every month. 
These stories spark conversations that inspire the whole family to explore and celebrate what they love about Jewish life.

The program was created by the nonprofit Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF) in keeping with its mission to help people connect to Jewish values, traditions, and culture while building vibrant Jewish communities. The HGF partners with local Jewish organizations to fund PJ Library and make it available in their community.

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JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF HONG KONG

The Jewish Historical Society of Hong Kong is a registered society licensed under the Societies Ordinance in the Hong Kong SAR.

The main objective of the Society is to promote a centre for the collection, study and preservation of historical materials relating to the history of the Jews and Judaism in Hong Kong and mainland China.

The JHS has published several volumes on the subject of the Jewish community in Hong Kong and the Jews in mainland China, in addition to promoting the spread of balanced knowledge about Judaic traditions in Chinese academic circles. This has included assisting with the establishment of a Jewish studies programme at Nanjing University and the publication of the world's first Chinese language "Encyclopaedia Judaica", copies of which are now in the libraries of almost every university throughout China.

香港猶太歷史學會是一個根據香港特區社團條例授權註冊的社團。

該協會主旨促進，研究與猶太人和猶太教在香港及中國大陸的相關歷史資料。

該協會出版，發表了一些關於香港的猶太社區和猶太人在中國大陸的書籍和學術論文。該協會還推動與中國學者傳播，交流有關猶太人的歷史，宗教和文化的客觀知識。這包括與南京大學合作建立了猶太研究計劃和出版世界上第一本中文"猶太百科全書”，現收藏於中國幾乎每所大學的圖書館。

該協會有一個圖書館，並舉辦與香港及區內猶太歷史有關的主題講座。該協會還組織猶太社區歷史之旅，如猶太公墓和猶太教堂。猶太人自從十九世紀已在香港居住，不少猶太家庭在香港有幾代人的歷史，猶太社區的許多成員都認為香港是他們的家。猶太公墓成立於

1855年，目前的猶太教堂建於1901-1902。

香港猶太歷史學會繼1983年香港公務員陳瑞璋先生的一個演講後成立，陳先生的演講討論了猶太人在中國的歷史可追溯到公元8世紀（唐朝）。