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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.