Nostalgia

Ben-Canaan, Dan and Their Place in History - The Jews of China and Harbin. People’s Municipal Press, Harbin China 2009 Starting at the end of the 19th century and for almost 60 years, thousands of Jewish people made Harbin their new home. They came to China and to this new city from Russia and all over Europe trying to build a new home, free of prejudice and stereotypes. Their influence on the city’s development and their legacy is visible in several sites around the city until today. There are but two ancient civilizations that have continuously kept their long history and culture. These are the Jewish and the Chinese civilizations. This phenomenon is unique and the similarities between these two people are quite interesting. They both represent a quest for knowledge and innovation, while preserving their ancient traditions, customs, language and culture.

of Postgraduate Studies. Harbin China "What does it mean, when people say that Truth goes over all the world? It implies that Truth is driven out of one place after another, and must wander on and on and on." 1

2018

Keynote speech at NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Event with the Chinese Community, Sydney Jewish Museum, Darlinghurst, 28 August 2018,

Jewish Footprints in Harbin Concise Historical Notes, 2018

Harbin, the pearl of China’s northeastern region, is a unique example of where global and local interests assembled in a dynamic and complex way. The city is also a rare representation of a strong bond that was formed here in the last 100 years between the world’s two remaining ancient civilizations – The Chinese and the Jewish People.

Chinese perception of the "Other"

China and Ashkenazic Jewry: Transcultural Encounters, 2022

The China Quarterly, 2019

2016

vast amount of recent Western scholarship, Clausen argues that survey research of the sort pioneered by Stanley Rosen, Andrew Nathan, Shi Tianjian, and others offers a particularly promising avenue to a better understanding of China. He also suggests that "new and refined" concepts are needed to help "transcend the ideological simplifications" of such familiar dichotomies as "structure" versus "culture" and "state" versus "society."

The China Journal, 1997

vast amount of recent Western scholarship, Clausen argues that survey research of the sort pioneered by Stanley Rosen, Andrew Nathan, Shi Tianjian, and others offers a particularly promising avenue to a better understanding of China. He also suggests that "new and refined" concepts are needed to help "transcend the ideological simplifications" of such familiar dichotomies as "structure" versus "culture" and "state" versus "society."