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Annette Poizner

Annette Poizner

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

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Tevye Meets Confucius: Why Fiddler on the Roof Resonates in China

Tevye Meets Confucius: Why Fiddler on the Roof Resonates in China

At a recent lecture for the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation’s Chinese-Jewish Exchange, the renowned Chinese Judaic Studies scholar Xu Xin...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Annette Poizner

From Parts to Patterns: Jewish Psychology, Chinese Wisdom, and the Self

Across the history of psychology, one idea appears again and again: the human psyche is not singular. It is composed of parts. This insight appears...

29.04.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Annette Poizner

When Heaven Comes Down: A Shared Grammar in Jewish and Chinese Thought

With May approaching—marked both as Asian Heritage Month and Jewish Heritage Month—we are offered a timely opportunity to reflect on what could...

27.04.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Annette Poizner

Sparks Across Worlds: On Kabbalah, Five Elements, and the Feeling of Coming Home

There is a concept in Lurianic Kabbalah that speaks of nitzotzot: fallen sparks scattered throughout creation. These sparks are fragments of...

14.04.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Annette Poizner

Help Bring a Chinese–Jewish Story into Your Community This May

Over the past months, I have been writing about a simple but important idea: that Jews and Chinese people, two ancient civilizations shaped by long...

13.04.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Annette Poizner

Seasons of the Soul: Jewish Time through Chinese Eyes

15.09.2025 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Annette Poizner

Heaven Meets Earth: The Dance of Yin and Yang in the Star of David

23.07.2025 70

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Annette Poizner

When Symbols Speak: A Dialogue Between Hebrew and Chinese

16.07.2025 50

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Annette Poizner

Rejecting Victimhood: What Jews and Chinese Can Teach the West

04.07.2025 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Annette Poizner

Jews, Chinese, and the ‘Wrong Kind of Minority’: Unpacking a PayPal Lawsuit

28.06.2025 100

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Annette Poizner

Merit on Trial: What the Harvard Admissions Case Tells Us

26.06.2025 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Annette Poizner

The Lost Language of Eden: Hebrew, Chinese, and the Spiritual Fracture of Babel

19.06.2025 90

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Annette Poizner

The Cosmic Body: Jewish and Chinese Visions of the Self and the Universe

17.06.2025 40

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Annette Poizner

Yin, Yang & You: A Chinese Take on Torah

08.06.2025 80

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Annette Poizner

Jews Love Chinese Food—Now Let’s Build Something Deeper

04.06.2025 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Annette Poizner