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  • Jewish girls, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915, Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)
    Jewish girls, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915, Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)
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    A Brief History of the Jews of Bukhara and Central Asia

    Our ‘History Detective’ columnist maps out the geographic and literary timeline of the Bukharan Jews

    byDan Shapira
  • Synagogue, Bukhara
    Synagogue, Bukhara
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    Among the Last Jews of Bukhara

    A cemetery is one of the livelier attractions in what remains of Bukhara’s Jewish community

    byArmin Rosen
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    The Chosen Ones: An Interview With Elinor Carucci

    The award-winning Israeli photographer on learning from her mother, eating oshpelo, and the importance of having empathy for whomever is in front of her camera lens

    byPeriel Aschenbrand
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    Silk Road Food

    Bukharian Jews in Queens, N.Y., mostly émigrés from the Soviet Union, brought with them a cuisine that mixes the polyglot flavors of Central Asia

    byLeah Koenig
  • The Jewish cemetery in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.(James Kirchick)
    The Jewish cemetery in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.(James Kirchick)
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    Home Stand

    Tajikistan was home to thousands of Bukharan Jews, and conditions seemed right for it to stay that way. But the legacy of Soviet persecution and recent Central Asian ties to Iran have made Jewish life more difficult to maintain.

    byJames Kirchick
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    Sundown: Europe’s J Street

    Plus, the ‘new Afrikaners,’ a murder trial, and a foot robbery

    byAri M. Brostoff
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