1. Jewish Identities in East and Southeast Asia: 1 Common Denominators and Dissimilarities

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Map VI
3. Acknowledgments VII
4. Table of Contents IX
5. List of Illustrations XII
6. A Note on Romanization and Spelling 1
7. 1. Jewish Identities in East and Southeast Asia: 1 Common Denominators and Dissimilarities 3
8. 2. Setting a Standard for Jewish Identity in East 2 and Southeast Asia: Singapore’s Baghdadi 2 Community from 1795 to 2015 14
9. 3. Between Spain, the United States, Japan, 3 and Israel: Manila’s Multicultural “Bagel Boys” 3 in Historical Perspective 45
10. 4. Taipei: An Oasis of Tranquility for Americans, 4 Europeans, and Israelis 82
11. 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 103
12. 6. Shanghai as Microcosm and Mosaic of Eurasian 6 Jewish Identities, 1850–1960 Shanghai as Microcosm and Mosaic of 129
13. 7. Empire, Nationalism, and Dissolution: 7 Rangoon and Surabaya, 1752–2015 177
14. 8. Enduring Jewish Identities and Legacies 8 Across the Landscape of East and Southeast 8 Asia 194
15. Abbreviations and Definitions 200
16. Bibliography 206
17. Index 232
18. Short Biography of the Author 243