Back يهود بخارى Arabic يهود بخارى ARZ Buxara yəhudiləri Azerbaijani بوخارا یهودیلری AZB Бохара йәһүдтәре Bashkir Bukhariske jøder Danish Bucharische Juden German Buĥoraj judoj Esperanto Judíos de Bujará Spanish یهودیان بخارایی Persian
יהודים בוכרים | |
|---|---|
 Jewish family in Bukhara, 1880 | |
| Total population | |
| 300,000–350,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Israel | 160,000 |
 United States
| 120,000 80,000 |
 United Kingdom | 15,000 |
 Austria | 3,000–3,500 |
 Germany | 2,000 |
 Uzbekistan
| 1,500 150[2][3] |
 Canada | 1,500 |
 Russia | 1,000 |
 Australia
| 130+ 130+[4][5] |
 Tajikistan | 34 |
 Afghanistan | 0[6] |
| Languages | |
| Traditionally Bukharian[7] Russian, Hebrew (Israel), English (United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia) and German (Austria and Germany), Uzbek (Uzbekistan) | |
| Religion | |
 Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Iranian Jews, Iraqi Jews, Afghan Jews, Mashhadi Jews, Mountain Jews, Georgian Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Soviet Jews | |
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Bukharan Jews,[a] in modern times called Bukharian Jews,[b] are the Mizrahi Jewish sub-group of Central Asia that traditionally spoke Bukharian, a Judeo-Persian language most similar to the Tajik dialect of Farsi.[8][7][9] Their name comes from the former Muslim-Uzbek polity Emirate of Bukhara which once had a sizable Jewish population. The vast majority lived in modern-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, with small groups in Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan.
Bukharan Jews are one of the oldest Jewish diaspora groups, dating back to the Babylonian exile, and are a branch of Persian-Jewry.[10] They are also one of the oldest ethno-religious groups in Central Asia.[7][11][8]
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the great majority have immigrated to Israel or the United States, with others immigrating to Europe or Australia.
- ^ "EAJC Deputy Secretary General Participates In World Congress of Bukharan Jews Meeting". jewseurasia. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ "In Bukhara, 10,000 Jewish Graves but Just 150 Jews". The New York Times. 7 April 2018.
- ^ Ido, Shinji (June 15, 2017). "The Vowel System of Jewish Bukharan Tajik: With Special Reference to the Tajik Vowel Chain Shift". Journal of Jewish Languages. 5 (1): 81–103. doi:10.1163/22134638-12340078. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "Shalom from the Silk Road: The Story of the Bukharians". Radio National. February 13, 2011.
And what of Melbourne's Bukharians, with around 65 families?
- ^ "Jewish community profile". State Government of Victoria. March 27, 2024.
The Jewish community in Victoria is the largest in Australia, with the majority of Jewish people living in Melbourne.
- ^ "Woman now thought to be Afghanistan's last Jew flees country". Independent. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ^ a b c Zand, Michael (1989). "BUKHARA vii. Bukharan Jews". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume IV/5: Brick–Burial II. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 530–545. ISBN 978-0-71009-128-4.
- ^ a b Ehrlich, M. Avrum, ed. (2009). "Caucasus and Central Asia". Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 1124.
Bukharan Jews spoke a dialect of Tajik referred to as Bukhori or Judeo-Tajik, which is still used by Bukharan Jews today.
- ^ Ido, Shinji (2017). "The Vowel System of Jewish Bukharan Tajik: With Special Reference to the Tajik Vowel Chain Shift". Journal of Jewish Languages. 5 (1): 85. doi:10.1163/22134638-12340078.
The term 'the Jewish dialect of Tajik' is often used interchangeably with such terms as Judeo-Tadzhik, Judeo-Tajik, Bukhori, Bukhari, Bukharic, Bukharan, Bukharian, and Bukharit (Cooper 2012:284) in the literature.
- ^ Moreen, Vera (2010). Contracts and Controversies between Muslims, Jews and Christians in the Ottoman Empire and Pre-Modern Iran. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 397-411.
- ^ Goodman, Peter. "Bukharian Jews find homes on Long Island", Newsday, September 2004.
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