About Us
The Jewish Community Council is a 40 year old institution. Its mission is to assist the unaffiliated and affiliated with education and values. The organization has, and is continuously developing to assist in religious activities and programs. While based in Miami its assistance has been felt worldwide including working with other organizations such as in Israel, Asia and Africa.
Rabbi Katz has traveled intensively for forty years, around the world and working with its local communities initiating programs and religious activities
In 1980 the Jewish Community Council was encouraged to go to china and print Hebrew books which are photo-offset for very inexpensive prices. There was however difficulty with a government official to make sure there wasn’t anything antagonistic to com
munisms in the book. The government eventually agreed to have the book printed.
In 1984 a Jewish organization requested from Rabbi Katz to translate two religious books that would be suitable for the Jews living in Kaifeng. A charitable organization was later developed called Sino Judaic institute which was designed by Mr. David Bauxbaum and Professor Lewis Schwartz with Rabbi Katz . Eventually the Song Dynasty Museum was encouraged and complied with making a Kaifeng Jewish display. The books were distributed under strict Halachic guidelines in order to get a response from the community. Thirteen people were enthusiastic about leaving china to study Torah with the intention of converting to Judaism. Among them was Mr. Moshe Jay who was a government official and also worked for the UN in china, who insisted to come to the United States. He did eventually study in Yeshiva and converted to Judaism according to Halacha.
In 1985 at the request of several scholars and Chinese experts, the Jewish Community Council was encouraged to visit the city of Kaifeng where it was said to have a large number of Jewish people. Having gone there to discover it was true, it was all the more important to have Jewish books translated into Chinese.
Many more books are being printed by different organizations to assist these incredible people.
