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Book Synopsis The Lost Torah of Shanghai by : Linda Frank
Download or read book The Lost Torah of Shanghai written by Linda Frank and published by Untreed Reads. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Israel braves Saddam Hussein’s Scud missiles, a Torah from Iraq disappears in China. Can the “Jewish Miss Marple” find the historic religious scroll in time for a momentous diplomatic breakthrough? Lily Kovner, while scoffing at her nickname, the “Jewish Miss Marple,” undertakes the improbable quest of finding a Torah gone missing in Shanghai. Political intrigue and long-buried resentments of an ancient community figure into a journey plagued by threats, physical attack and murder. And the ultimate unraveling of the theft opens a Pandora’s box of personal history in a Jewish community that endured a diaspora that stretched over 2500 years in Iraq, India and China.
Download or read book Shanghai Torah written by Briana London and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-10 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As World War II erupts, a young Jewish scribe flees Lithuania with his in-progress Torah, meeting a family of Chinese calligraphers living under Japanese occupation. Moshe's faith is challenged by the attraction of Ming, the young daughter of the renown poet, Zhao Heng. Moshe learns the power he wields when he sets his words onto parchment.
Book Synopsis The Torah Scrolls of the Chinese Jews by : Michael Pollak
Download or read book The Torah Scrolls of the Chinese Jews written by Michael Pollak and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the discovery, identification, history and significance of the Torah scrolls of the Chinese Jewish community of Kaifeng.
Download or read book Small Town Reunion written by Linda Frank and published by Untreed Reads. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lily Kovner could not have dreamed that research for a magazine assignment would resurrect a searing memory from her childhood. A fleeting glimpse of a family treasure looted by the Nazis launches "Afikomen"--Her quest for justice and restitution spanning three continents. Along the way threats, murder and the revelation of a diabolical secret deal thrust Lily onto an emotional rollercoaster further complicated by the thrill of new romance.
Book Synopsis The History of the Jews in China by : S. M. Perlmann
Download or read book The History of the Jews in China written by S. M. Perlmann and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis From Kaifeng to Shanghai by : Roman Malek
Download or read book From Kaifeng to Shanghai written by Roman Malek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection presents the proceedings of the international colloquium held in Sankt Augustin in 1997 and additional materials. The articles are written in English, German or Chinese (with English abstracts). The volume includes a general index with glossary.
Download or read book The Jews in China written by James Finn and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Mandarins, Jews, and Missionaries by : Michael Pollak
Download or read book Mandarins, Jews, and Missionaries written by Michael Pollak and published by Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America. This book was released on 1980 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1932 2nd may be paperback check ISBN.
Book Synopsis From Kaifeng to Shanghai by : Roman Malek
Download or read book From Kaifeng to Shanghai written by Roman Malek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection presents the proceedings of the international colloquium held in Sankt Augustin in 1997 and additional materials. The articles are written in English, German or Chinese (with English abstracts). The volume includes a general index with glossary.
Download or read book The Torah Sutras written by Eric Maroney and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering an inspired mix of non-fiction, fiction, and poetry, The Torah Sutras presents Judaism through a distinctly Chinese spiritual lens. Any actual writings of early Jewish communities in China have been lost, so this book fills in that space by imagining an account of Chinese "lost books" of the Torah. Structured as an English translation of these fictional Chinese writings, the Torah Sutras tells the story of the Exodus from Egypt with a Chinese voice, from the points of view of Moses, Aaron and Miriam. The book threads a careful line that reformulates some of Judaism's primary assumptions by recasting them into Daoist, Buddhist, and Confucian forms. This is a book for those who wish to stretch their spiritual muscles- to move beyond what they think they know of God and the Jewish religion and tradition, and move into new and unexpected territory.
Book Synopsis From the Rivers of Babylon to the Whangpoo by : Maisie J. Meyer
Download or read book From the Rivers of Babylon to the Whangpoo written by Maisie J. Meyer and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baghdadi Jews came to Shanghai via India and first settled in the foreign enclave in 1845. This study examines the establishment and growth of the community of Baghdadi Jews in the evolving socio- economic context of Shanghai, focusing on the lives of three prominent members of the community and their attempts to preserve their culture in a foreign land. Meyer has lectured widely on the subject. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Book Synopsis Survival of the Chinese Jews: The Jewish Community of Kaifeng by : Donald Leslie
Download or read book Survival of the Chinese Jews: The Jewish Community of Kaifeng written by Donald Leslie and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Hope of Israel by : Menasseh Ben-Israel
Download or read book The Hope of Israel written by Menasseh Ben-Israel and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 1987-09-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When The Hope of Israel was translated into English in 1652, its argument from Scripture that messianic redemption would not come to the Jewish people until they were scattered in all the corners of the Earth aroused great interest and played an instrumental part in the discussions in the Commonwealth under Cromwell which eventually led to the readmission of the Jews in 1656. This edition of that English text includes an introduction and notes which place the work in the intellectual context of its time.
Download or read book The Jews in China written by James Finn and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of essays delineating the centuries-long dialogue of Jews and Jewish culture with China, all under the overarching theme of cultural translation"--
Book Synopsis The Theology of the Chinese Jews, 1000–1850 by : Jordan Paper
Download or read book The Theology of the Chinese Jews, 1000–1850 written by Jordan Paper and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thousand years ago, the Chinese government invited merchants from one of the Chinese port synagogue communities to the capital, Kaifeng. The merchants settled there and the community prospered. Over centuries, with government support, the Kaifeng Jews built and rebuilt their synagogue, which became perhaps the world’s largest. Some studied for the rabbinate; others prepared for civil service examinations, leading to a disproportionate number of Jewish government officials. While continuing orthodox Jewish practices they added rituals honouring their parents and the patriarchs, in keeping with Chinese custom. However, by the mid-eighteenth century—cut off from Judaism elsewhere for two centuries, their synagogue destroyed by a flood, their community impoverished and dispersed by a civil war that devastated Kaifeng—their Judaism became defunct. The Theology of the Chinese Jews traces the history of Jews in China and explores how their theology’s focus on love, rather than on the fear of a non-anthropomorphic God, may speak to contemporary liberal Jews. Equally relevant to contemporary Jews is that the Chinese Jews remained fully Jewish while harmonizing with the family-centred religion of China. In an illuminating postscript, Rabbi Anson Laytner underscores the point that Jewish culture can thrive in an open society, “without hostility, by absorbing the best of the dominant culture and making it one’s own.”
Book Synopsis The Chinese Jews of Kaifeng by : Anson H. Laytner
Download or read book The Chinese Jews of Kaifeng written by Anson H. Laytner and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-07-21 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scholarly collection examines the origins, history, and contemporary nature of Chinese Judaism in the community of Kaifeng. These essays, written by a diverse, international team of contributors, explore the culture and history of this thousand-year-old Jewish community, whose synthesis of Chinese and Jewish cultures helped guarantee its survival. Part I of this study analyzes the origin and historical development of the Kaifeng community, as well as the unique cultural synthesis it engendered. Part II explores the contemporary nature of this Chinese Jewish community, particularly examining the community’s relationship to Jewish organizations outside of China, the impact of Western Jewish contact, and the tenuous nature of Jewish identity in Kaifeng.
Book Synopsis The Chosen Image by : Jonathan Pearl
Download or read book The Chosen Image written by Jonathan Pearl and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1999 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time he had concluded twelve years on prime-time television, Archie Bunker had raised a Jewish child in his home, befriended a black Jew, gone into business with a Jewish partner, enrolled as a member of Temple Beth Shalom, eulogized his close friend at a Jewish funeral, hosted a Friday evening Sabbath dinner, participated in a bar mitzvah ceremony, and joined a group to fight synagogue vandalism. While the famed style of All in the Family was unique, its inclusions of Jews and Jewish issues was far from unusual. On the whole, Jewish issues have been portrayed with respect and relative depth during five decades of television programming. This work documents and examines the portrayal of Jewish themes in popular prime time television, from 1948 through the 1996-1997 television season, focusing on how such topics as anti-Semitism, intermarriage, Jewish lore and traditions, Israel, the Holocaust, and questions of Jewish identity have been featured in numerous television genres. How real-life attitudes about Jews and Jewish issues are reflected in television portrayals is also explored.
