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Title: Jews in Old China: Studies by Chinese Scholars by Sidney Shapiro ISBN: 0-7818-0833-2 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Truly unique
Comment: Books on this subject are hard to find. Shapiro is a American Jew who knows more about modern China than almost any Westerners, including armchair sinologists like Jonathan Spence. He writes with wonderful scholarship plus intimate knowledge about the country he loves.

My impression is that Jews were treated better in classical China than almost any foreign land in which they found themselves, with the exception of America. But ironically Jews didn't last in Old China. Rather than being persecuted for their religion or their ways, they were given almost privileged status. Somehow this encouraged their assimilation into Chinese society, and they had a hard time remaining as Jews after many generations.

I need hardly add that many Jews who found their way to China during World War II were a good deal luckier than those who stayed in Europe, although they didn't realize this at first. They eventually managed to find their way out to Israel - alive. So, despite post-war "hiccups" due primarily to Marxist ideology, Jews and Chinese traditionally had a benign if somewhat distant relationship.

Rating: 4
Summary: Jewish History from a Chinese Perspective-Interesting
Comment: A broad compilation, easy to read, filled with information the average person (or me, an average Jew) would never have known. Jewish history from the perspective of non-Jewish Chinese scholars is both fascinating and curious

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