00000nam a22000004a 4500 UP-8027390931316661599 Buklod 20260310162259.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 260310s2015 gw o d eng d 9783110351507 (ebook) Fi-2049eb Megatexts ₱11,500.00 DMLF rda eng DMLUC DS 135 A85 G65 2015eb Goldstein, Jonathan author. Jewish identities in East and Southeast Asia Singapore, Manila, Taipei, Harbin, Shanghai, Rangoon, and Surabaya Jonathan Goldstein. Berlin Boston De Gruyter Oldenbourg ©2015. [1 online resource] xi, 242 pages illustrations, map. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier New Perspectives on Modern Jewish History v. 6 Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Jewish identities in East and Southeast Asia : common denominators and dissimilarities -- 2. Setting a standard for Jewish identity in East and Southeast Asia : Singapore's Baghdadi community from 1795-2015 -- 3. Between Spain, the United States, Japan, and Israel : Manila's multicultural "Bagel Boys" in historical perspective -- 4. Taipei : an oasis of tranquility for Americans, Europeans, and Israelis -- 5. Between Russia, China, Japan, and Israel : the transnational identity of Harbin's Jews, 1899-2015, with special reference to the Ehud Olmert family -- 6. Shanghai as microcosm and mosaic of Eurasian Jewish identities, 1850-1960 -- 7. Empire, nationalism, and dissolution : Rangoon and Surabaya, 1752-2015 -- 8. Enduring Jewish identities and legacies across the landscape of East and Southeast Asia. The 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. Jews East Asia History. Jews Southeast Asia History. Remote access thru OpenAthens account https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110351507 FI UPD DMLF DS 135 A85 G65 2015eb Electronic Resource