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(CHINA). Bye-Laws of the Tientsin Jewish Free Loan Society - Gmilus Hesed. Text in Russian and English. Mint condition. Previous owner, Leo Gershevitch (President of the Tientsin Jewish Hebrew Association, The Tientsin Zionist Organization) with his Yiddish stamp on upper cover. pp. 16. Original printed wrappers. 12mo. Tientsin Far Eastern Press, 1936 Until the year 1904 only ten Jewish families lived in Tientsin. The 1917 revolution in Russia led to the rapid growth of the city's Jewish population. In 1906 the Jews established the Tientsin Jewish Union which rendered various religious services. Side by side with this union the Tientsin Hebrew Association was active in the city and took care of welfare needs such as soup kitchens, hospitals, homes for the elderly, etc. During the 1920s and the 1930s, Tianjin had the third largest Jewish community in China, after Shanghai and  Harbin. In 1935, the number of Jewish people in Tianjin reached 3,500. With the advent of Communism after World War II all Jews left Tientsin. https://sinojudaic.org/tianjin. See also Kestenbaum Sale 100, lot 4.