Asian-Jewish Relations
The Census suggests that the Asian-American population is among the fastest-growing minority groups in the United States. Asian-Americans constitute significant percentages of the population in California and New York City, for example, where high concentrations of Jews also settled. The term Asian-American, however, is somewhat misleading for it includes people from a wide variety of backgrounds from Pacific Islanders to Southeast Asians to those from East Asian and the Indian subcontinent.
Though in the past, relatively little interaction or collaboration has occurred between Jews and Asians, a variety of opportunities for cooperation exist between the communities, including community organizing, mutual support, and political advocacy. For example, the Union for Reform Judaism has taken strong stances against human rights violations in North Korea, Sri Lanka and Tibet.
