After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, it was used by the Wenhui Bao newspaper and as a factory during the Cultural Revolution.

[3] In 1941, thousands of Polish Jews fleeing from Nazi persecution arrived in Kobe, Japan via Siberia.

The refugees sought permission from the Shanghai Municipal Police to enter the city, which was granted with the understanding that they would emigrate to the United States after six months.

[4] Throughout the war they continued their studies in Judaism at Beth Aharon, and printed books in Yiddish and Hebrew.

[1] The presence of the Mirrer yeshiva made Shanghai temporarily one of the world's most active centers of Jewish studies.