Shanghai’s Baghdadi Jews

A compilation of 26 biographical accounts from the entire spectrum of Shanghai?s Baghdadi Jewish society offers fresh insights into a remarkable community that lived through the crossroads of China?s 20th-century history.

Using previously unseen diaries and archival material, Shanghai?s Baghdadi Jews documents the rise and fall of larger-than-life personalities who witnessed the Sino-Japanese War, the Occupation of Shanghai and the Communist Party?s rise to power. Photographs illustrate the life and times of these individuals and the magnificent, cosmopolitan city they called home.