The Jewish Chinese Speaking Man From Suriname...

Friday night was interesting. i was at a sorta Shabbaton with about 150 people from around the world. A number of participants were asked to speak for two minutes about their hometown Jewish communities. The first person to speak was from Suriname. Suriname is north of Brazil and east of Venezuela. Very nice. The next person to stand up was from Kaifeng, China. He didn't speak any English, and very little Hebrew, not to worry Suriname Man speaks a fluent Chinese. So Mr. Jewish Chinaman spoke about his community in what can only be described as Chinese sounding noises, and Jewish Suriname Man translated to English. Up next was Mr. Man From Columbia. Aparently there is more then just druglords in Bogata, Columbia they have a nice Jewish community as well. Well, that's what we think he said, it was translated from Spanish by...you guessed it, Mr. Suriname. I don't know how I've gotten this far in life without my own Suriname-ian translator. What am I to do next time I meet some nice Jews from Kaifeng? South America?