Re: [ha-Safran] Jewish in Japan today

2019-12-31 Thread Ann Abrams via Hasafran
Also, FYI, this may be of interest to the person moving to Japan: There is a Christian choir in Japan, called Makhelat Hashachar, aka the Shinonome Choir (The Dawn choir), that sings Jewish songs to celebrate Judaism, They came to Temple Israel, Boston, twice, in the 1980's, because our rabbi

Re: [ha-Safran] Jewish in Japan today

2019-12-21 Thread ALBA TOSCANO via Hasafran
Sending this reply again TBE Library via Hasafran wrote: moving... to Japan for a year to a city with no synagogue or visible Jewish community. Hyya All! From 1973-1977 I lived in and taught english at the Yokohama YMCA, and at an all-girl high school in the near-by town of Fujisawa

Re: [ha-Safran] Jewish in Japan today

2019-12-16 Thread ALBA TOSCANO via Hasafran
TBE Library via Hasafran wrote: moving... to Japan for a year to a city with no synagogue or visible Jewish community. Hyya All! From 1973-1977 I lived in and taught english at the Yokohama YMCA, and at an all-girl high school in the near-by town of Fujisawa (Japan). I may have gone up to

[ha-Safran] Jewish in Japan today

2019-12-15 Thread TBE Library via Hasafran
Hi all, I have a patron who is moving with her family (two young kids) to Japan for a year to a city with no synagogue or visible Jewish community. She asked for book recommendations on being Jewish in places where there are no other Jews, not necessarily Japan. Suggestions? Clare Kinberg,