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2023, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs 17, no. 2, 302–304
On August 5, we lost a remarkable scholar, mentor, and friend. It is with deep sorrow and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Ehud Harari, an esteemed Emeritus Professor of Asian Studies and Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a cherished member of this community. From 2015 to 2018, he served as the Honorary President of the Israel Association for Japanese Studies (IAJS).
On the translations of the Hebrew Bible into Japanese
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IAJS Newsletter
Issue 3 Spring 2014 pp. 21-232014 •
The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art on the crest of Mount Carmel is dedicated exclusively to the preservation and exhibition of Japanese art works, and is the only one of its kind in the Middle East. The Museum, a municipal foundation, was set up in 1959 on the initiative of Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) from Holland, and Abba Khoushy (1898-1969), then mayor of Haifa. The Museum’s aims are: to acquaint Israelis with Japanese culture; to promote mutual understanding between Israel and Japan and between East and West; and to encourage study and research of the arts and culture of Japan. Many artworks in the collection are extremely rare, especially among the woodblock prints from the Edo period (1600-1868).
Cambridge University Press
(Book) Jewish Communities in Modern Asia: Their Rise, Demise and Resurgence2023 •
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, groundbreaking book charts their rise and fall while pointing to signs of these communities' postwar 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. ENDORSEMENTS “A formidable feat of transnational scholarship, this volume offers a both sweeping and richly detailed historical overview of Jewish Communities in Modern Asia, reconstructing a mostly lost and still too little known world of Jewish life stretching from Central Asia and Siberia to India, China, Southeast Asia, and Japan, from Bukhara to Yemen and Singapore, and even into the myths of “ten lost tribes” from the 18th into the 21rst century. This study is a major contribution to current debates about multiple and hybrid Jewish identities in relation to histories of colonialism and post-colonialism.” — Atina Grossmann, Professor of History, Cooper Union, New York, author of Jews, Germans, and Allies (2009) and coeditor of Shelter from the Holocaust (2017) “This highly engaging and richly varied volume will be important reading for a wide range of audiences and disciplines, including global history, anthropology and religious studies. As a whole it resonates with work on all of the covered Asian regions and contributes fresh ways of thinking through the themes of ethnicity and race, histories of minorities and economics.” — William Gould, Professor of Indian History, University of Leeds, author of Boundaries of Belonging Localities, Citizenship and Rights in India and Pakistan (2019) “Jewish Communities in Modern Asia not only surveys vividly Jewish hubs in various parts of Asia but also provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date meta-narrative of the Jewish presence eastward of the much researched Middle East. At present, this is the most significant contribution to the emerging field of Jewish Asian studies.” — Ber Kotlerman, Professor of Jewish Studies, Bar Ilan University, editor of Mizrekh: Jewish Studies in the Far East (2009–11) “This is an excellent collection of original, engaging, and carefully researched chapters which shed light on the multiple ways in which the history of Jewish communities intersects with the histories of colonialism and global economy. A must read for anyone interested in modern Jewish Studies and the history of modern Asia.” — Yulia Egorova, Professor of Anthropology, Durham University, author of Jews and Muslims in South Asia (2018) “With the growth of scholarly interest in the subject of historical and emerging Jewish communities in Asia and the Pacific region, this excellent volume will be more than welcome.” — Tudor Parfitt, Distinguished University Professor, Florida International University, author of Judaising Movements: Studies in the Margins of Judaism (2013) and The Lost Tribes of Israel (2002)
APA Newsletter on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies, Vol. 18, No. 2, Spring 2019. Newark: The American Philosophical Association.
Buddhist Philosophy Worldwide: Perspectives and ProgrammesThis issue on Buddhist Philosophy Worldwide: Perspectives and Programs and the following issue on Buddhist Philosophy Today: Theories and Forms are two special issues of the APA Newsletter on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies which I was invited to guest edit. They are designed to include descriptive and prescriptive/evaluative elements: On the one hand, scholars working on Buddhist philosophy throughout the world provide a descriptive snapshot of the state of the field in their geographical/disciplinary area; on the other, they proffer an evaluative appraisal of how Buddhist philosophy has been carried out and/or a prescriptive programme of how they feel it should be carried out. This collection of articles by experts of the widest possible spectrum of classical, modern, and contemporary Buddhist philosophical schools working in universities throughout Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America thus comprises both an informed survey of the current state of research and a manifesto for the field. As such, it constitutes an important contribution to the ongoing project by scholars of ‘less commonly taught philosophies’ (including but not limited to Chinese, Indian, Islamic, Africana, and Feminist philosophies) to expand the ambit of professional philosophy beyond the narrow confines of the Western canon. Contributions study Buddhist philosophy based on authorial experience in Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, Poland, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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