Kaufman's wife also matriculated in medicine at the University of Bern.[13] Kaufman’s son Theodore became president of Association of Former Jewish Residents of China, and also the Israel-China Friendship Society. He and Heilongjiang Academy of Social Sciences Professor Qu Wei co-wrote “The Homesick Feeling of the Harbin Jews”.[13] Theodore’s wife, Rasha Segerman, studied at the Shanghai Jewish School in her youth.