the makeshift rabbi of a Jewish population of 200 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan’s second city, and caretaker of its turquoise-domed, 19th-century synagogue, which is among Central Asia’s prettiest.

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (JTA) — The history of Bukharian Jews of Uzbekistan is a bit murky. There is no documentation to prove it, but Bukharian Jews trace their history to the Jewish migration to the ...

Uzbekistan has aspirations to become a second ... "Muslims, Christians and Jews come here and say their prayers according their own religion," Firdovsi, a young guide explains.

DUBAI: Three suspects held in the United Arab Emirates over the murder of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi are from Uzbekistan ... officials and an ultra-Orthodox Jewish group he was affiliated with ...

Israel on Monday held an emotional farewell ceremony for an Israeli rabbi killed in the United Arab Emirates, after Emirati authorities said three suspects from Uzbekistan were in custody over his ...

Three suspects held in the United Arab Emirates over the murder of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi are from Uzbekistan ... officials and an ultra-Orthodox Jewish group he was affiliated with called ...