Jews and Judaism in Modern China

This book brings together a series of original essays which explore the dynamics at work in two of the oldest, intact and starkly contrasting civilizations on earth. The book studies how they interact in modernity and how each civilization views the other, and analyses areas of cooperation between scholars, activists and politicians.

M. Avrum Ehrlich is a theologian, social philosopher and scholar of Jewish texts. He is a full professor of Judaic studies at the Center for Judaic and Inter-Religious Studies at Shandong University, a government funded national centre for inter-religious research in Jinan, Shandong Province, the People's Republic of China and also serves as the Founding President of the Israel-Asia Center, based in Jerusalem.

1. Introduction to Modern Jewish Chinese Relations 2. Chinese Perceptions of Jews 3. Food, Identity, Jews and Chinese 4. The Kosher Industry in China: Anatomy of a Growing Community 5. Jewish Studies in China 6. Diaspora, Identity and Relationship with Homeland