The Chabad House here sits at the end of a quiet street in an upscale gated community just inside that city’s Fourth Ring road and down the block from the Israeli Embassy… Ask a local to describe Shimon Freundlich, Beijing’s Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi, and that person probably will raise hand

to chin and stroke an invisible huzi, or beard… Yet, building a thriving Jewish community in Beijing takes patience, humor and flexibility, particularly as the capital has been gearing up for the Olympic Games. “We try to fly below the radar,�? Freundlich said.

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