Are you Japanese-Jewish or Jewish-Japanese?
Anyone who is an "otaku" about Jewish Japanese people is very rare. It is more rare to find a person who is Japanese and Jewish- or wants to be.
There
are documented links between Judaism and Japanese people with several
cultural similarities. Some researchers claim of connections that date
hundreds and, even thousands of years ago, back to Moses.
A
Jewish-Japanese link is found in many parts of Japanese culture.
Marriage between men and women of both Nihongo and Judaic cultures is
rare, but not unusual.
If you have a story to share or want to make contact with another JJ otaku, email the publisher, Bob Zucker.
Rather
than repeating the known information and facts about Japanese Jews,
explore some of these links below that study the theme and history of
both Jews and Japanese people:
Photo: A Japanese Jewish rabbi at a temple in Tokyo, Japan
Japan Links Home Page
Nihongo Home Page
Jewish Home Page
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recipes for such delicacies as: tofu, custard, dumplings, miso soup,
grilled salmon, teriaki, tempura, noodles in casserole, deserts and, of
course, sushi, sushi, sashimi and more sushi. Over 100 full color
photographs. All kosher. The recipes also show how all the ingredients
are available at your local grocery store.
Hardcover: 210 pages
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House (November 6, 2007)
Language: English
In all the
literature of the Holocaust and of World War II, the story of the
European Jews who fled across the world to the unlikely haven of Japan
has remained untold -- until now. The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story Of The
Japanese And The Jews During World War Two is a powerful narrative
which follows a group of these refugees throughout their journey across
Stalin's Russia, their experiences in Japan, and their struggle for
survival in an Asian ghetto. Interwoven with this moving saga are the
details of an astounding top-secret plan to create an "Israel in Asia"
under Japanese control by offering displaced European Jews a safe haven
in Manchuria in return for the financial and technical skills they would
bring to this outpost of the Japanese Empire. Although this so-called
"Fugu Plan" would founder with Japan's entry into the Tripartite Pact
with Nazi Germany and Italy in 1940, its legacy, as the Holocaust swept
over Europe, was the survival of thousands of Jews issued Japanese
transit visas and given wartime refuge in Asia. That they survived at
all is testimony to the courage of many individuals, both Japanese and
Jews, whose stories are told here -- and to the seeds planted by the
unlikely vision embodied in The Fugu Plan. An important and vital
addition to the Judaic studies collection about an almost unknown aspect
of the holocaust experience. -- Midwest Book Review. Paperback: 287
pages. Publisher: Weatherhill (April 1996). Language: English
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