Why Uzbekistan’s Jews already miss the iron fist of their late ruler While stability comes at the cost of certain personal liberties, some in the small community of 13,000 prefer it that way ...

“We are brothers, the Muslims and the Jews, and we live like it, too,” says Yossif Tilayev, the makeshift rabbi of a Jewish population of 200 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan’s second city, and ...

Central Asia’s Jews in Uzbekistan, Community is Built Even As Students Think of Leaving. February 18, 2003. See Original Daily Bulletin From This Date Advertisement.

The Jews of Uzbekistan are living in the midst of a mass migration, an oft-repeated saga of the Jewish people. Did you enjoy this article? You'll love our roundtable. Email * ...

Correction, 05/05/2015: An earlier version stated there were 500,000 Bukhara Jews in New York’s Queens. This was incorrect. The correct figure is 50,000. Bukhara, Uzbekistan – The body was ...

Re "After Soviets, Silk Road Nations Look to a More Glorious Past," July 11: While you covered the Muslim community and its resurgence in the article, you overlooked the decimation of one of the ...

Over the past 10 years, an estimated 50,000 Bukharan Jews have resettled in New York City alone. Some experts suggest that the emigration process has reached a stage that will be difficult, if not ...

The 67-year-old former mathematician is the last teacher of Hebrew in a once-thriving Jewish community, now whittled down from thousands to a little more than 600 souls, about 120 of whom attend ...

The Israeli and Jewish community in the UAE has grown more visible since 2020, when the Gulf Arab country established official ties with Israel under a U.S.-brokered agreement.

Why Uzbekistan’s Jews already miss the iron fist of their late ruler. Numbering 13,000 in a Sunni-dominated country of 32 million, a minority learned to appreciate stability over freedom.

BUKHARA, Uzbekistan — The ancient Silk Road city of Bukhara has two synagogues, a primary school that teaches Hebrew, a Jewish cultural association and a sprawling Jewish cemetery with more than ...