And the Bukharan Jews use this freedom –and especially freedom of religion. In Uzbekistan in Soviet times there were only a few synagogues. And in America right now, only in New York you have ...

The director of the Bukharian Jewish Museum, Aron Aronov, said the Bukharan community is stunned at the latest shooting of one of its members, which happened in the heart of a neighborhood populated ...

Bukharan Jews originally migrated from ancient Persia, Afghanistan and Morocco and follow Sephardi law. During the 20th century, Ashkenazi Jews settled in Uzbekistan from other parts of the Soviet ...

Bukharan Jews, also called Bukhoran, Bukharian or Bukhari Jews, originally hailed from the Tajik city of Bukhara in Central Asia – an exotic locale on the Silk Route visited by the 13th century ...

Representatives of the Congress of Bukharan Jews of the United States and Canada will be observers at Tajikistan's upcoming parliamentary elections, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports.

Shashmaqom is a classical music of Central Asia, born and steeped in the traditions of Uzbek, Tajik and Bukharan Jewish cultures. Based on six maqom (the Persian word for modes) it is a relatively ...

Corridors of Power: The Bukharan connection Yehoshua Pollack's gaffe didn't offend Shas, but it did lead to a surprising revelation. By PEGGY CIDOR MARCH 2, 2008 15:06 ...

Over a period of seven years, photographer Zion Ozeri traveled to Uzbekistan, where he captured images of the Bukharan Jews, the Persian-speaking community that traces its history in the region ...