Nehardea Magazine

Journal of the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center
No.14, Autumn 2003

BOOK REPORT

JEWS, OPIUM AND THE KIMONO

By Ezra Yehezkel-Shaked

Jews, Opium and the Kimono - The story of the Jews in the Far-East, by Ezra Yehezkel-Shaked, Rubin Mass Ltd., Jerusalem, 2003, 288 p., Translated from the Hebrew.

This book throws light on the great Jewish contribution and effort on behalf of the countries of the Far-East.

The importance of the Jewish presence in the Far-East is still unknown. Among other aspects, Jews played a central role in building up Shanghai and Hong Kong, in helping to create the Chinese Army, in introducing Communism to the Chinese people, in arming the Japanese forces in their war against Russia (1904-05) and in discovering in Bombay and introducing the vaccine against cholera and the plague throughout the Far-East, and in many other secret events.

The trek of Jewish refugees escaping from the devastated countries of Europe and the advancing Holocaust, to China, India and Japan, is attested to by the strong and brave souls who survived by the skin of their teeth and seized the anchor of salvation offered them in a strange, unknown world.

The heroes of this saga and tens of thousands who escaped with them found themselves sheltering in the Japanese Empire, the ally of Hitler, and despite everything, managed to survive!

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BOOK REPORT
JEWS, OPIUM AND THE KIMONO By Ezra Yehezkel-Shaked
Jews, Opium and the Kimono - The story of the Jews in the Far-East, by Ezra Yehezkel-Shaked, Rubin Mass Ltd., Jerusalem, 2003, 288 p., Translated from the Hebrew. This book throws light on the great Jewish contribution and effort on behalf of the countries of the Far-East. The importance of the Jewish presence in the Far-East is still unknown. Among other aspects, Jews played a central role in building up Shanghai and Hong Kong, in helping to create the Chinese Army, in introducing Communism to the Chinese people, in arming the Japanese forces in their war against Russia (1904-05) and in discovering in Bombay and introducing the vaccine against cholera and the plague throughout the Far-East, and in many other secret events. The trek of Jewish refugees escaping from the devastated countries of Europe and the advancing Holocaust, to China, India and Japan, is attested to by the strong and brave souls who survived by the skin of their teeth and seized the anchor of salvation offered them in a strange, unknown world. The heroes of this saga and tens of thousands who escaped with them found themselves sheltering in the Japanese Empire, the ally of Hitler, and despite everything, managed to survive!
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