04446nam 2200685 450 991046079570332120210501005730.03-11-039546-03-11-035150-110.1515/9783110351507(CKB)3710000000519789(EBL)4338438(SSID)ssj0001596275(PQKBManifestationID)16296153(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001596275(PQKBWorkID)14884687(PQKB)11534137(MiAaPQ)EBC4338438(DE-B1597)259073(OCoLC)933516810(DE-B1597)9783110351507(Au-PeEL)EBL4338438(CaPaEBR)ebr11146689(CaONFJC)MIL888820(EXLCZ)99371000000051978920160211h20152015 uy 0engur|nu---|u||utxtccrJewish identities in East and Southeast Asia Singapore, Manila, Taipei, Harbin, Shanghai, Rangoon, and Surabaya /Jonathan GoldsteinBerlin, Germany ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :De Gruyter Oldenbourg,2015.©20151 online resource (256 p.)New Perspectives on Modern Jewish History,2192-9645 ;Volume 6Description based upon print version of record.3-11-035069-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Map --Acknowledgments --Table of Contents --List of Illustrations --A Note on Romanization and Spelling --1. Jewish Identities in East and Southeast Asia: 1 Common Denominators and Dissimilarities --2. Setting a Standard for Jewish Identity in East 2 and Southeast Asia: Singapore’s Baghdadi 2 Community from 1795 to 2015 --3. Between Spain, the United States, Japan, 3 and Israel: Manila’s Multicultural “Bagel Boys” 3 in Historical Perspective --4. Taipei: An Oasis of Tranquility for Americans, 4 Europeans, and Israelis --5. Between Russia, China, Japan, and Israel: 5 The Transnational Identity of Harbin’s Jews, 5 1899–2015, with Special Reference to the 5 Ehud Olmert Family --6. Shanghai as Microcosm and Mosaic of Eurasian 6 Jewish Identities, 1850–1960 Shanghai as Microcosm and Mosaic of --7. Empire, Nationalism, and Dissolution: 7 Rangoon and Surabaya, 1752–2015 --8. Enduring Jewish Identities and Legacies 8 Across the Landscape of East and Southeast 8 Asia --Abbreviations and Definitions --Bibliography --Index --Short Biography of the AuthorThe Jewish communities of East and Southeast Asia display an impressive diversity. Jonathan Goldstein’s book covers the period from 1750 and focuses on seven of the area’s largest cities and trading emporia: Singapore, Manila, Taipei, Harbin, Shanghai, Rangoon, and Surabaya. The book isolates five factors which contributed to the formation of transnational, multiethnic, and multicultural identity: memory, colonialism, regional nationalism, socialism, and Zionism. It emphasizes those factors which preserved specifically Judaic aspects of identity. Drawing extensively on interviews conducted in all seven cities as well as governmental, institutional, commercial, and personal archives, censuses, and cemetery data, the book provides overviews of communal life and intimate portraits of leading individuals and families. Jews were engaged in everything from business and finance to revolutionary activity. Some collaborated with the Japanese while others confronted them on the battlefield. The book attempts to treat fully and fairly the wide spectrum of Jewish experience ranging from that of the ultra-Orthodox to the completely secular.New perspectives on modern Jewish history ;Volume 6.JewsEast AsiaHistoryJewsSoutheast AsiaHistoryJewsEast AsiaIdentityJewsSoutheast AsiaIdentityElectronic books.JewsHistory.JewsHistory.JewsIdentity.JewsIdentity.950.42004924Goldstein Jonathan173889MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460795703321Jewish identities in East and Southeast Asia2456709UNINA