Jews in Old China was originally published by Hippocrene Books in 1984 with considerable success. It was then translated into Hebrew and published in Israel in 1987. This expanded edition offers a rich exposition, according to the Chinese investigations, on the origins of these Jewish migrants-when and why they came, the routes they followed, where they settled, and descriptions of their religious and social lives under the Hans, the Mongols and the Manchus. This book provides a wealth of information about the conflicts, contributions, adaptation and ultimate assimilation of the Jews in China. Sidney Shapiro, an American lawyer, came to China in 1947 and "joined the revolution." He became a Chinese citizen in 1963, and is now member of the Consultative Conference, the Translators Association of China, the Chinese Writers Association, and the Soong Ching Ling Foundation. He is the author of several books, and the highly acclaimed translator of the Ming-Dynasty classic Outlaws of the Marsh and Deng Rong's biography of her father Deng Xiaoping and the Cultural Revolution.
