Between Mumbai and Manila

English summary: The volume offers a diversity of facets of Jewry between Mumbai and Manila. While some of its papers make references to the important factor how politics and religions are often intertwined, other papers are arranged along the lines of "area studies" - from South Asia via Southeast Asia to China and the Far East. Even if these articles at first glance concentrate on "local" minority communities they always take into ac count that the Jewish communities in Asia take...
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English summary: The volume offers a diversity of facets of Jewry between Mumbai and Manila. While some of its papers make references to the important factor how politics and religions are often intertwined, other papers are arranged along the lines of "area studies" - from South Asia via Southeast Asia to China and the Far East. Even if these articles at first glance concentrate on "local" minority communities they always take into ac count that the Jewish communities in Asia take part in interactions of religions which can help to foster mutual understanding. The studies presented at the conference refer to an extended approach always bringing Jewish Studies into international links and "crossing borders" - thus opening comparative perspectives to broaden our knowledge of Jewish history. So we have to reconsider aspects of Jewish studies for the future, which would include Asian and religious studies in a qualitative, comparative, and interdisciplinary way and thus can shift away from the Euro-American-centric point of view regarding Jewish Studies.German description: Der Band bietet einen Einblick in die Vielfalt des Judentums in Asien zwischen Mumbai und Manila. Einige Beitrage behandeln Fragen der untrennbaren Verflechtungen zwischen Politik und Judentum, andere scheinen auf den ersten Blick primar Lokalstudien zu judischen Gemeinden in Sudasien, Sudostasien und China zu sein. Aber es ist unverkennbar, dass auch solche lokalen Gemeinden immer in ein Netzwerk des globalen Judentums eingebettet sind, zugleich aber in Interaktion mit den dominierenden Religionen in den jeweiligen asiatischen Landern stehen und dadurch interkulturelle Kontakte und gegenseitiges Verstandnis fordern. Dadurch bietet der Band neue Einsichten in die Internationalitat des Judentums und zeigt die Notwendigkeit grenzuberschreitender Fragestellungen, um die Kenntnis uber das Judentum zu erweitern, indem der haufig auf Europa und Amerika zentrierte Blick in der Erforschung des Judentums uberwunden wird.