Jewish Communities in Modern Asia (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Kowner, Rotem

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009192866
• Artikelnr.: 69002879

Inhaltsangabe

1. Jewish communities in modern Asia: background, significance and main
questions Rotem Kowner; Part I. Central and North Asia: Old and new
communities in Russia's shadow; 2. The end of the 'Jewish Triangle':
geography and mobility in Central Asia Thomas Loy; 3. The Soviet wartime
evacuation to Central Asia and the Jews: cultural encounters and literary
responses Anna P. Ronell; 4. Frontier Jews: the communities of Siberia and
their architecture Anna Berezin and Vladimir Levine; Part II. South Asia:
Identity and culture in British and independent India; 5. Jewish
communities in the Indian subcontinent: torn between Indian nationalism and
Zionism Nathan Katz, Joan G. Roland, and Ithamar Theodor; 6. Jewish
servicemen in the Indian subcontinent: a unique Asian tradition Ran Amitai;
7. Cultural exchange and religious guidance along the shores of the Arabian
Sea: Yemenite Jews in India and Indian Jews in Yemen Menashe Anzi; Part
III. Southeast Asia: Colonial legacies and emerging communities; 8. The
Jews of Singapore: a community founded on the Opium trade Jonathan
Goldstein; 9. From a colonial settlement to a new identity: the rise, fall
and re-emergence of the Jewish community in Indonesia Leonard Chrysostomos
Epafras and Rotem Kowner; 10. Decolonization and its aftermath: the fate of
the Baghdadi-Jewish diaspora in British Asia Amos Wei Wang Lim; Part IV.
East Asia: Communities and strife in the sinosphere; 11. The Jews of
Shanghai: the emergence, fall and resurgence of East Asia's largest Jewish
community Rotem Kowner and Xu Xin; 12. The Jewish community of Harbin: its
meteoric rise and fall under the shade of three empires Joshua Fogel; 13.
Taiwan: a Postwar Jewish Community without Deep Roots Don Shapiro; 14. Jews
in Japan: the winding road of a business community Rotem Kowner and William
Gervase Clarence-Smith; Part V. Imaginary Asia: Lost peoples and invisible
communities; 15. Finding Lost Jews in Asia: the search for restored
authenticity and the rewriting of Zionist history Gideon Elazar; 16. Jewish
communities in Modern Asia: underlying commonalities, demographic features,
and distinctive characteristics Rotem Kowner.