Yut Di: One Earth

During a trans-Pacific voyage in 1880, a friendship develops between a Chinese merchant, Dai Woo Cheung, and a Rabbi, Nathan Belihis, whose daughter, Louisa befriends Cheung’s son, Wing.Louisa has grown up in China where her father has served as a Rabbi in a Jewish community in China.

Their destination is Victoria on Vancouver Island, where Cheung owns a store and where Nathan has been appointed the new Rabbi for the local synagogue. Below the passenger deck in steerage is the first cargo of...