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Author: Daniel Ari Kapner

Daniel Ari Kapner is a student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst specializing in Japanese and Judaic studies. During 1999 he was studying at the Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies in a consortium program administered by Stanford University.
The Jews of Japan

The Jews of Japan

March 1, 2000 | Stephen Levine, Daniel Ari Kapner
No one - apart perhaps from a few Japanese who see themselves as descendants of one of the lost tribes of Israel - would think of Japan as in any sense a Jewish homeland. Yet among the many shrines and temples, Shinto and Buddhist, there stand occasional monuments to Jewish commitment and endeavor.
The Jews of Japan

The Jews of Japan

March 1, 2000 | Daniel Ari Kapner, Stephen Levine
No one - apart perhaps from a few Japanese who see themselves as descendants of one of the lost tribes of Israel - would think of Japan as in sense a Jewish homeland.