Bukharan Jews in Israel

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Bukharan Jews in Israel
Bukhori, Russian
Religion
Orthodox Judaism

Bukharim
, refers to immigrants and descendants of the immigrants of the Bukharan Jewish communities, who now reside within the state of Israel.

History

The first Bukharan Jews to make

Bukharim quarter in Jerusalem.[1]

1881–1947

Jewish immigrants from Bukhara at Atlit

In 1890, seven members of the Bukharan Jewish community formed the

Bukhori were shut down by the Soviets along with most Bukharan schools.[4][3]

Bukharan selling vegetables in Jerusalem

1948–1990

In 1948 began the "Black Years of Soviet Jewry," where suppression of the Jewish religion resumed after stopping due to war.

Jewish population of Andijan and nearby areas. This led to most Jews in the Fergana Valley immigrating to Israel or the United States.[7]

1990s–present

From 1989 to 2005 over 5,000 Bukharan Jews from Kyrgyzstan came to Israel due to increased hostility in the region.[3] In 1992, there was a secret airlift operation which brought a small number of Bukharan Jews from Tajikistan to Israel. From 1989 to 2000, over 10,000 made aliyah from Tajikistan.[3] Today, most Bukharim live in Israel with a significant population in America. Only 1,000 Jews remain in Tajikistan, 1,500 in Uzbekistan, and only 150 in the city of Bukhara.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lili, Eylon. "Jerusalem Architectural History: The late Ottoman Period". Jewish Virtual Library.
  2. ISBN 978-0199379033
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  3. ^ a b c d "Virtual Jewish World: Bukharan Jews".
  4. ISBN 978-90-04-29471-4
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  5. ISBN 9780253013736
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  6. ^ a b Zand, Michael. "BUKHARA vii. Bukharan Jews". Encyclopædia Iranica.
  7. ^ a b Blady, Ken (2000). Jewish Communities in Exotic Places. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 185.
  8. ISBN 9781610690188
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  9. ^ Higgins, Andrew. "In Bukhara, 10,000 Jewish Graves but Just 150 Jews". New York Times.
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