The Jews and the Japanese: The Successful Outsiders Book

	Preface	9
Pt. 1	Shared and Singular Traits
1	Chosen Peoples and Promised Lands	15
2	Affirmation of Life and Centrality of Nation	26
3	Security Lost and Security Assured	34
4	The Perpetuity of Emperors and Priests	39
5	Two Peoples of the Book	45
Pt. 2	The Successful Outsiders
6	Seclusion and Explosion	53
7	Master or Genius?	62
8	The Rejection of Christianity	70
9	Anti-Semitism and Anti-Japanism	75
10	Salvation by Emigration	82
11	From Auschwitz to Hiroshima	91
12	Lessons of War and Postwar Miracles	96
13	Jew Baiting and Japan Bashing	104
Pt. 3	Connections and Relations
14	The Jews and the Beginning of Modern Japan	111
15	The Legend of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel	134
16	The Jewish Role in the Russo-Japanese War	143
17	Japan Supports Zionism after World War I	151
18	Zionism Stirs Messianic Hopes in Japan	158
19	The Rise of Japanese Anti-Semitism	164
20	The Abstract Jewish Demon	171
21	Japan Saves Jews in World War II	178
22	Jewish Scientists and the Atomic Bomb	190
23	Jews in the Allied Occupation of Japan	194
24	Israel and Japan: A Developing Relationship	201
25	Japanese Attraction to Israel and Judaism	208
26	A New Wave of Japanese Anti-Semitism?	216
27	Prospects for the Future	223
	References	227
	Index	237