Modern Harbin Photos

Courtesy of Nurit and Itzik Eshtein

Historic plaque on former Hotel Moderne, now a residential hotel

Interior of former Hotel Moderne 

Daan Street, formerly Yamskaya Street in central Harbin

Historic plaque on former Main Synagogue, the older of Harbin’s two synagogues

Interior of Main Synagogue, formerly a guesthouse and now a concert hall

Main Synagogue, formerly a guesthouse and now a concert hall

Street scene with New Synagogue in distance

Plaque on New Synagogue, now a museum of Jewish history and culture

Exhibition in New Synagogue, now a museum of Jewish history and culture

Interior of New Synagogue, now a museum of Jewish history and culture

Graves in Huangshan Royal Hill Jewish Cemetery, moved from downtown Harbin to an eastern part of the city in 1952

Some of the more than 600 graves in Huangshan Royal Hill Jewish Cemetery, said to be the biggest Jewish cemetery in the Far East