Jewish Communities In Modern Asia

Author : Rotem Kowner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Asia
ISBN : 1009162594

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Jewish Communities in Modern Asia by Rotem Kowner Pdf

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.

Author : Jonathan Goldstein
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110395464

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Jewish Identities in East and Southeast Asia by Jonathan Goldstein Pdf

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.

Author : Paul R. Trebilco
Publisher : Editora Agora
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Drama
ISBN : 8571830762

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Jewish Communities in Asia Minor by Paul R. Trebilco Pdf

Author : Rotem Kowner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781009192866

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Jewish Communities in Modern Asia by Rotem Kowner Pdf

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.

Author : Mark Juergensmeyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-25
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780199767649

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The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions by Mark Juergensmeyer Pdf

Original publication and copyright date: 2011.

Author : Sidney Mendelssohn
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1436637716

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The Jews of Asi by Sidney Mendelssohn Pdf

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.

Author : Daniel Chirot,Anthony Reid
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295800264

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Essential Outsiders by Daniel Chirot,Anthony Reid Pdf

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.

Author : Reeva Spector Simon,Michael Menachem Laskier,Sara Reguer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231507592

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The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times by Reeva Spector Simon,Michael Menachem Laskier,Sara Reguer Pdf

Despite considerable research on the Jewish diaspora in the Middle East and North Africa since 1800, there has until now been no comprehensive synthesis that illuminates both the differences and commonalities in Jewish experience across a range of countries and cultures. This lacuna in both Jewish and Middle Eastern studies is due partly to the fact that in general histories of the region, Jews have been omitted from the standard narrative. As part of the religious and ethnic mosaic that was traditional Islamic society, Jews were but one among numerous minorities and so have lacked a systematic treatment. Addressing this important oversight, this volume documents the variety and diversity of Jewish life in the region over the last two hundred years. It explains the changes that affected the communities under Islamic rule during its "golden age" and describes the processes of modernization that enabled the Jews to play a pivotal role in their respective countries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The first half of the book is thematic, covering topics ranging from languages to economic life and from religion and music to the world of women. The second half is a country-by-country survey that covers Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt, the Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.

Author : Arnold Dashefsky,Ira M. Sheskin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 303040370X

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American Jewish Year Book 2019 by Arnold Dashefsky,Ira M. Sheskin Pdf

Part I of each volume will feature 5-7 major review chapters, including 2-3 long chapters reviewing topics of major concern to the American Jewish community written by top experts on each topic, review chapters on "National Affairs" and "Jewish Communal Affairs" and articles on the Jewish population of the United States and the World Jewish Population. Future major review chapters will include such topics as Jewish Education in America, American Jewish Philanthropy, Israel/Diaspora Relations, American Jewish Demography, American Jewish History, LGBT Issues in American Jewry, American Jews and National Elections, Orthodox Judaism in the US, Conservative Judaism in the US, Reform Judaism in the US, Jewish Involvement in the Labor Movement, Perspectives in American Jewish Sociology, Recent Trends in American Judaism, Impact of Feminism on American Jewish Life, American Jewish Museums, Anti-Semitism in America, and Inter-Religious Dialogue in America. Part II-V of each volume will continue the tradition of listing Jewish Federations, national Jewish organizations, Jewish periodicals, and obituaries. But to this list are added lists of Jewish Community Centers, Jewish Camps, Jewish Museums, Holocaust Museums, and Jewish honorees (both those honored through awards by Jewish organizations and by receiving honors, such as Presidential Medals of Freedom and Academy Awards, from the secular world). We expand the Year Book tradition of bringing academic research to the Jewish communal world by adding lists of academic journals, articles in academic journals on Jewish topics, Jewish websites, and books on American and Canadian Jews. Finally, we add a list of major events in the North American Jewish Community.

Author : N. Katz,R. Chakravarti,B. Sinha,S. Weil
Publisher : Springer
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230603622

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Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First Century by N. Katz,R. Chakravarti,B. Sinha,S. Weil Pdf

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.

Author : Israel-Joseph Benjamin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Electronic
ISBN : EHC:148101061661Z

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Eight Years in Asia and Africa by Israel-Joseph Benjamin Pdf

Author : Nilanjana Gupta,Himadri Banerjee,Sipra Mukherjee
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9788190583558

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Calcutta Mosaic by Nilanjana Gupta,Himadri Banerjee,Sipra Mukherjee Pdf

'Calcutta Mosiac' explores the history of the diverse immigrant communities of this great city.

Author : Ken Blady
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780765761125

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Jewish Communities in Exotic Places by Ken Blady Pdf

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.

Author : Tudor Parfitt
Publisher : Better English Language Teaching
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081795796

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The Jews of Africa and Asia by Tudor Parfitt Pdf

Author : S. Ilan Troen,Benjamin Pinkus
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000043617

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Organizing Rescue by S. Ilan Troen,Benjamin Pinkus Pdf

Upheavals of the modern period have dramatically changed the traditional pattern of the rescue of Jews by Jews. Whereas until the mid-nineteenth century rescue was carried out by community leaders in accordance with the religiously rooted injunction for the redemption of captives, in the modern period largely secular international Jewish organizations and the State of Israel have emerged as the primary instruments of expressing Jewish national solidarity. The campaigns to restore the exodus from the Soviet Union and to rescue Ethiopian Jews through Operation Moses are the most recent expressions of the imperative to save threatened Jewish communities and reconstitute them elsewhere. The dynamics and achievements of organized rescue in the modern period are critically assessed in this volume, which includes 18 interpretive essays and case studies by leading European, American and Israeli scholars. Organizing Rescue is divided into four sections. The introductory essays examine the roots of Jewish solidarity in Jewish law, and trace the transformation of rescue activity from a religious to a largely secular undertaking. The three sections that follow group selected case studies chronologically. Part I, from the Damascus Affair to the First World War (1840-1914), deals with new patterns of response to the persecution of Jews in Europe, Asia and Africa under the impact of emancipation, nationalism and antisemitism. Part II, World Wars and the Shadow of the Holocaust (1914-1948), deals with the transitional period that brought hope and bitter disillusion to Jews in Europe and the Middle East. Part III, The Contemporary Period (1948 to the present), examines the different manifestations of Jewish national solidarity that developed in response to the Holocaust and the creation of the State of Israel. These studies illuminate and evaluate the efforts of Jews to defend and preserve communities separated by vast distances and diverse cultural and political systems. By placing these studies in an integrated historical and comparative framework, Organizing Rescue provides a timely and unique perspective for understanding national Jewish solidarity in the modern period.