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GNCA 2015-2016 Board Members：
President: Luk, Shuna 陳淑娜
Vice President: Chen, Mo 陳默
Vice President: Wei, Ke 韦珂
Treasurer: Lau, Else 楊婉容
Secretary: Wu, Wen 吴闻
Chair - Education: Chang, Lily 王張莉莉
Chair - Membership: Yue, Yanlin 樂艷林
Chair - Total Community Involvement: Ngai-Tsang, Alice 曾倪崇君
Chair - Fundraising: Xu, Chenxin 許晨馨
Chair - Recreation: Duan, Haimei 段海梅
Chair - Communication: Hu, Mimi 胡黎曼
Assistant Secretary: Liu, Hui 劉暉
Co-Chair - Education: Nathan Fong 黄耀基
Co-Chair - Recreation: Carol Peng彭聰
Advisor: Luk, Frank 陸一葦
Advisor: Huang, Chris 黃建友
Advisor: Hu, Fiona 胡婉婷
Advisor: Feng, Wenjing 馮文靜
Advisor: Lee, Kenneth 李偉
Advisor: Lo, Pat 趙文萃
Advisor: Wang, Qi 王琪
Advisor: Leong, Betty
IT Consultants: Pan, Bonnie 潘浙溪
IT Consultants: Wu, Tao 吳韜
Great Neck, NY – (by Lily Chang and Mimi Hu)
On the night of April 16th, the Great Neck Chinese Association (GNCA) and Temple Beth-El of Great Neck (TBEGN) hosted a lecture titled “The Jews in China” by Professor Xin Xu from Nanjing University. The event was very special because it was the first time that the Chinese and Jewish communities in Great Neck joined together at a Jewish temple to observe Holocaust Memorial Day and to pledge solidarity of the two communities.
The evening began with a greeting from the four organizers: Rabbi Tara of TBEGN, Lori Beth Schwartz of UPTC, Else Yung and Lily Wang of GNCA. Afterwards, a group of Chinese and Jewish students were invited to the stage and lit seven candles, six for 6,000,000 Jews died in Holocaust and one for Asian victims perished during the WWII. This touching moment of silence and remembrance was followed by a Chinese Piano solo performed by Pianist Chenxin Xu.
The highlight of the evening was Professor Xu’s studies of the Jews’ life in China starting as early as 10th Century in Kaifeng, China. Professor Xu compared the similarities between the Chinese and Jewish people, especially their sufferings during WWII. Over 30,000 Jews flew to Shanghai to escape prosecution in Europe during the War. There they witnessed the atrocity suffered by the Chinese people during the Japanese invasion. Professor Xu also commented on the strong ties between China and Israel. He noted that the Chinese government wanted to learn from the Jewish people’s ways of remembering Holocaust to do justice in the world.
The night ended with a beautiful piece played by Tania Eshaghoff, a Jewish pianist. Two consuls from the Chinese Embassy in New York donated three copies of the book “Jews in China” to the Great Neck school district, TBEGN and the Great Neck Library.
Professor Xu Xin has received his Ph.D, Honoris Causa from Bar-Ilan University in recognition of his research of the Jewish people in China. His lecture was recorded and can be obtained by sending a request to
長島大頸(Great Neck)華裔人口飆升，大頸華人協會昨天(1日)舉辦的迎新春聯歡會觀眾人數破紀錄，超過600人。大頸華協會董事會成員王張莉莉指出，大頸學區好，吸引愈來愈多華人定居，占當地總人口達20%，她更盼透過活動凝聚華人力量，未來選出首位大頸學區華人委員。
大頸華協會今年首次在長島大頸北高中(Great Neck North High School)舉行新春聯歡會，參加表演的團體與觀眾將入口擠得水洩不通。秘書劉暉指出，大頸華協會前身大頸區華人聯誼會1995年成立以來，幾乎每年都辦迎春活動，過去幾年觀眾在400到500人，今年則逾600人參加，演出團體也多到排入等候名單。「過去觀眾是社區領袖和學校師生，今年州參議員馬丁斯(Jack Martins)和市議員施梅爾(Michelle Schmiel)都出席，顯示華人聲音愈來愈不容忽視。」
在大頸華協會創立初期就加入的王張莉莉表示，去年黃建友(Chris Huang)參選長島學區委員失利，但初次參選就能拿下1000多票，令人刮目相看。「十年前我們一直面臨華人參與度不夠的問題」，邁入20年，她發現華人不僅人數增加，也更自發承擔社區服務，反映在上百人當義工協助舉辦活動，大頸華人當選公職人員指日可待。
