Spies, Scholars & Statesmen: Amazing Stories about the Jews & the Japanese

Meet the Author

Rabbi Marvin Tokayer, Lifetime Honorary Rabbi of Japan’s Jewish community and Dr. Ellen Rodman, writer, producer and President of LN Productions LLC, are coauthors of the soon-to-be-published Pepper, Silk & Ivory: Amazing Stories about Jews and the Far East. In this program, Tokayer and Rodman introduce some little-known figures in Jewish and Japanese history including Jacob Schiff, a Jewish financier who raised an enormous sum of money for Japan during the Russo-Japanese War; Marcus Samuel, Jr., who founded Shell Oil with help from the Japanese; Jewish musicians who taught music to Japanese young people and contributed to Japan’s cultural life; and Jewish refugees who took refuge in Japan to escape the Holocaust.
 
Followed by a reception.

Tickets $12/$8 Japan Society members, seniors & students.