James Rodman Ross is an Associate Professor at Northeastern University in Boston, former Fulbright lecturer at Nanjing University, and author of Fragile Branches: Travels Through the Jewish Diaspora (Riverhead, 2000).

“You will not find a more revealing and useful series of portraits of Jewish life in China than this fascinating and expertly edited book. With it, a history and sociology of Chinese Jewry is now available for the English readers.”

• Contributors vii Introduction (James R. Ross) Perceiving Jews in Modern China (Zhou Xun) Images of Jews in Contemporary Books, Blogs and Films (James R. Ross) Distinctiveness: A Major Jewish Characteristic (Fu Youde) Chinese Policy toward Kaifeng Jews (Xu Xin) Sukkot and Mid-Autumn Festivals in Kaifeng: Conundrums at the Crossroads of Sino-Judaic Cultural Identity (Moshe Y. Bernstein) Understanding of the Bible among the General Public in Mainland China: A Survey on the “Bullet Curtain” of The Bible (Meng Zhenhua) The Changing Image of the State of Israel in People’s Daily during the Cold War (She Gangzheng) The Reception of Contemporary Israeli Literature in China (Zhong Zhiqing) China’s Relationship with Israel, Opportunities and Challenges: Perspectives from China (Chen Yiyi) Holocaust Studies and Holocaust Education in China (Glenn Timmermans) Reflections on Chinese Jewish Studies: A Comparative Perspective (Song Lihong) Index

James Rodman Ross is an Associate Professor at Northeastern University in Boston, former Fulbright lecturer at Nanjing University, and author of Fragile Branches: Travels Through the Jewish Diaspora (Riverhead, 2000).

“You will not find a more revealing and useful series of portraits of Jewish life in China than this fascinating and expertly edited book. With it, a history and sociology of Chinese Jewry is now available for the English readers.”

• Contributors vii Introduction (James R. Ross) Perceiving Jews in Modern China (Zhou Xun) Images of Jews in Contemporary Books, Blogs and Films (James R. Ross) Distinctiveness: A Major Jewish Characteristic (Fu Youde) Chinese Policy toward Kaifeng Jews (Xu Xin) Sukkot and Mid-Autumn Festivals in Kaifeng: Conundrums at the Crossroads of Sino-Judaic Cultural Identity (Moshe Y. Bernstein) Understanding of the Bible among the General Public in Mainland China: A Survey on the “Bullet Curtain” of The Bible (Meng Zhenhua) The Changing Image of the State of Israel in People’s Daily during the Cold War (She Gangzheng) The Reception of Contemporary Israeli Literature in China (Zhong Zhiqing) China’s Relationship with Israel, Opportunities and Challenges: Perspectives from China (Chen Yiyi) Holocaust Studies and Holocaust Education in China (Glenn Timmermans) Reflections on Chinese Jewish Studies: A Comparative Perspective (Song Lihong) Index

James Rodman Ross is an Associate Professor at Northeastern University in Boston, former Fulbright lecturer at Nanjing University, and author of Fragile Branches: Travels Through the Jewish Diaspora (Riverhead, 2000).

“You will not find a more revealing and useful series of portraits of Jewish life in China than this fascinating and expertly edited book. With it, a history and sociology of Chinese Jewry is now available for the English readers.”

• Contributors vii Introduction (James R. Ross) Perceiving Jews in Modern China (Zhou Xun) Images of Jews in Contemporary Books, Blogs and Films (James R. Ross) Distinctiveness: A Major Jewish Characteristic (Fu Youde) Chinese Policy toward Kaifeng Jews (Xu Xin) Sukkot and Mid-Autumn Festivals in Kaifeng: Conundrums at the Crossroads of Sino-Judaic Cultural Identity (Moshe Y. Bernstein) Understanding of the Bible among the General Public in Mainland China: A Survey on the “Bullet Curtain” of The Bible (Meng Zhenhua) The Changing Image of the State of Israel in People’s Daily during the Cold War (She Gangzheng) The Reception of Contemporary Israeli Literature in China (Zhong Zhiqing) China’s Relationship with Israel, Opportunities and Challenges: Perspectives from China (Chen Yiyi) Holocaust Studies and Holocaust Education in China (Glenn Timmermans) Reflections on Chinese Jewish Studies: A Comparative Perspective (Song Lihong) Index