Author: Rotem Kowner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009162586
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
A pioneering exploration of the Jewish communities across the Asian continent and their dramatic rise and fall in modern times
Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
Author: Rotem Kowner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009162586
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
A pioneering exploration of the Jewish communities across the Asian continent and their dramatic rise and fall in modern times
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009162586
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
A pioneering exploration of the Jewish communities across the Asian continent and their dramatic rise and fall in modern times
Jewish Identities in East and Southeast Asia
Author: Jonathan Goldstein
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110395460
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The Jewish communities of East and Southeast Asia display an impressive diversity. Jonathan Goldstein focuses on transnational Jewish identity in seven of this area’s largest cities: Singapore, Manila, Taipei, Harbin, Shanghai, Rangoon, and Surabaya. He emphasizes five factors which influenced the formation of Jewish transnational identity in these places: memory, colonialism, regional nationalism, socialism, and Zionism.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110395460
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The Jewish communities of East and Southeast Asia display an impressive diversity. Jonathan Goldstein focuses on transnational Jewish identity in seven of this area’s largest cities: Singapore, Manila, Taipei, Harbin, Shanghai, Rangoon, and Surabaya. He emphasizes five factors which influenced the formation of Jewish transnational identity in these places: memory, colonialism, regional nationalism, socialism, and Zionism.
Jewish Communities in Asia Minor
Author: Paul R. Trebilco
Publisher: Editora Agora
ISBN: 9788571830769
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher: Editora Agora
ISBN: 9788571830769
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
Author: Rotem Kowner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009192868
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
Jewish settlement in Asia, beyond the Middle East, is largely a modern phenomenon. Imperial expansion and adventurism by Great Britain and Russia were the chief motors that initially drove Jewish settlers to move eastwards, in the nineteenth century, combined as this was with the rise of port cities and general development of the global economy. The new immigrants soon become centrally involved, in ways quite disproportionate to their numbers, in Asian commerce. Their role and centrality finished with the outbreak of World War II, the chaos that resulted from the fighting, and the consequent collapse of Western imperialism. This unique, ground-breaking book charts their rise and fall while pointing to signs of these communities' post-war resurgence and revival. Fourteen chapters by many of the most prominent authorities in the field, from a range of perspectives, explore questions of identity, society, and culture across several Asian locales. It is essential reading for scholars of Asian Studies and Jewish Studies.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009192868
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
Jewish settlement in Asia, beyond the Middle East, is largely a modern phenomenon. Imperial expansion and adventurism by Great Britain and Russia were the chief motors that initially drove Jewish settlers to move eastwards, in the nineteenth century, combined as this was with the rise of port cities and general development of the global economy. The new immigrants soon become centrally involved, in ways quite disproportionate to their numbers, in Asian commerce. Their role and centrality finished with the outbreak of World War II, the chaos that resulted from the fighting, and the consequent collapse of Western imperialism. This unique, ground-breaking book charts their rise and fall while pointing to signs of these communities' post-war resurgence and revival. Fourteen chapters by many of the most prominent authorities in the field, from a range of perspectives, explore questions of identity, society, and culture across several Asian locales. It is essential reading for scholars of Asian Studies and Jewish Studies.
The Jews of Asi
Author: Sidney Mendelssohn
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
ISBN: 9781436637718
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
ISBN: 9781436637718
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First Century
Author: N. Katz
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230603629
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
This collection analyzes the affinities and interactions between Indic and Judaic civilizations from ancient to contemporary times. The contributors propose a new, global understanding of commerce and culture, to reconfigure how we understand the way great cultures interact, and present a new constellation of diplomacy, literature, and geopolitics.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230603629
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
This collection analyzes the affinities and interactions between Indic and Judaic civilizations from ancient to contemporary times. The contributors propose a new, global understanding of commerce and culture, to reconfigure how we understand the way great cultures interact, and present a new constellation of diplomacy, literature, and geopolitics.
Becoming Jewish
Author: Netanel Fisher
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 144384960X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
One of the most striking contemporary religious phenomena is the world-wide fascination with Judaism. Traditionally, few non-Jews converted to the Jewish faith, but today millions of people throughout the world are converting to Judaism and are identifying as Jews or Israelites. In this volume, leading scholars of issues related to conversion, Judaising movements and Judaism as a New Religious Movement discuss and explain this global movement towards identification with the Jewish people, from Germany and Poland to China and Nigeria.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 144384960X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
One of the most striking contemporary religious phenomena is the world-wide fascination with Judaism. Traditionally, few non-Jews converted to the Jewish faith, but today millions of people throughout the world are converting to Judaism and are identifying as Jews or Israelites. In this volume, leading scholars of issues related to conversion, Judaising movements and Judaism as a New Religious Movement discuss and explain this global movement towards identification with the Jewish people, from Germany and Poland to China and Nigeria.
The Jewish Communities of the World
Author: Antony Lerman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816020720
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Offers current information on Jewish life and institutions in ninety-eight national communities worldwide, with details on the composition of each community, its legal and political status, and cultural and educational organizations
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816020720
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Offers current information on Jewish life and institutions in ninety-eight national communities worldwide, with details on the composition of each community, its legal and political status, and cultural and educational organizations
Essential Outsiders
Author: Daniel Chirot
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295800267
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia, like Jews in Central Europe until the Holocaust, have been remarkably successful as an entrepreneurial and professional minority. Whole regimes have sometimes relied on the financial underpinnings of Chinese business to maintain themselves in power, and recently Chinese businesses have led the drive to economic modernization in Southeast Asia. But at the same time, they remain, as the Jews were, the quintessential “outsiders.” In some Southeast Asian countries they are targets of majority nationalist prejudices and suffer from discrimination, even when they are formally integrated into the nation. The essays in this book explore the reasons why the Jews in Central Europe and the Chinese in Southeast Asia have been both successful and stigmatized. Their careful scholarship and measured tone contribute to a balanced view of the subject and introduce a historical depth and comparative perspective that have generally been lacking in past discussions. Those who want to understand contemporary Southeast Asian and the legacy of the Jewish experience in Central Europe will gain new insights from the book.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295800267
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia, like Jews in Central Europe until the Holocaust, have been remarkably successful as an entrepreneurial and professional minority. Whole regimes have sometimes relied on the financial underpinnings of Chinese business to maintain themselves in power, and recently Chinese businesses have led the drive to economic modernization in Southeast Asia. But at the same time, they remain, as the Jews were, the quintessential “outsiders.” In some Southeast Asian countries they are targets of majority nationalist prejudices and suffer from discrimination, even when they are formally integrated into the nation. The essays in this book explore the reasons why the Jews in Central Europe and the Chinese in Southeast Asia have been both successful and stigmatized. Their careful scholarship and measured tone contribute to a balanced view of the subject and introduce a historical depth and comparative perspective that have generally been lacking in past discussions. Those who want to understand contemporary Southeast Asian and the legacy of the Jewish experience in Central Europe will gain new insights from the book.
Jewish Communities in Exotic Places
Author: Ken Blady
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0765761122
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Jewish Communities in Exotic Places examines seventeen Jewish groups that are referred to in Hebrew as edot ha-mizrach, Eastern or Oriental Jewish communities. These groups, situated in remote places on the Asian and African Jewish geographical periphery, became isolated from the major centers of Jewish civilization over the centuries and embraced some interesting practices and aspects of the dominant cultures in which they were situated.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0765761122
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Jewish Communities in Exotic Places examines seventeen Jewish groups that are referred to in Hebrew as edot ha-mizrach, Eastern or Oriental Jewish communities. These groups, situated in remote places on the Asian and African Jewish geographical periphery, became isolated from the major centers of Jewish civilization over the centuries and embraced some interesting practices and aspects of the dominant cultures in which they were situated.