Classic Sephardic Judaism, Made in China
A formidable though short-lived Sephardi presence in early 20th-century Shanghai fostered unique interpretations of Jewish texts and perceptions. The community may have disappeared, but the ideas live on.
Aryeh Tepper
Aryeh Tepper is a Fellow at The Azrieli Center for Israel Studies at The Ben-Gurion Research Institute, BGU. He is the author of Progressive Minds, Conservative Politics: Leo Strauss’ Later Writings on Maimonides (2013, SUNY Press). Aryeh serves as the Director of Israel Studies in China for SIGNAL and is the Director of Publications for the American Sephardi Federation, where he co-Directs the Omni-American Future Project.