4. Rare breed — TORONTO

Author, artist and producer Irene Chu launches her new book Rare Breed: A Chinese Jewish Quest on Sunday in Toronto. The book tells how China became a destination for Kaifeng Jews and Jewish refugees in search of a new life. Most notably, it embellishes on stories of how Chinese entrepreneurs helped the Sephardic Jews in Shanghai from 1942 to 1945 when they came into hardship under the Japanese. NA LI / CHINA DAILY