Asia Society to Spotlight Uzbek Cinema Legend Ali Khamraev
Erin Levi NEW YORK — Grab your popcorn and shurdanak. In a landmark event for Central Asian cinema, Asia Society will present Eastern Notions: Five Films by Ali Khamraev, the first New York retrospective dedicated to one of Uzbekistan’s most celebrated filmmakers. The four-day series, presented in partnership with Anthology Film Archives, runs from November […]
Assemblywoman Nily Rozic Visits JIQ
QUEENS, New York—Assemblywoman Nily Rozic visited the Jewish Institute of Queens (JIQ) on October 21, where she met with school leaders, faculty, and students to recognize the school’s continued commitment to providing an education rooted in scholarship, values, and cultural identity. During her visit, Assemblywoman Rozic spoke with students about the value of learning that […]
Bukharian Leaders Join Largest World Zionist Congress in History
JERUSALEM, Israel—Two Bukharian Jewish community leaders — Chagit Leviev Sofiev, a prominent philanthropist and CEO of Leviev Group USA, as well as the new face of the Bukharian Jewish Congress of the US and Canada, and Michael Uston, a longtime activist in Jewish communal affairs — are among the delegates attending the 39th World Zionist […]
Longing and Belonging: A Persian-Jewish American’s Pilgrimage to Uzbekistan
For years after the Iranian revolution of 1979, my mother lived under the oppressive rule of the Ayatollah’s regime, stripped of basic personal freedoms and forced to live in constant fear of persecution for being Jewish. In 1986, after multiple arrests in the family and an aggressive altercation with the morality police, she finally fled […]
The Yhudaioff House in Jerusalem’s Bukharian Quarter
The Yhudaioff House (also spelled Yehudayoff) is the most magnificent and impressive residential building constructed in the early 20th century in the Bukharian Quarter of Jerusalem. It was sometimes called ‘The Palace’— perhaps because it was inspired by the Palazzo Medici in Florence. Other times, it was incorrectly called ‘The House of the Messiah’ (from […]
Walking With God into the Unknown
Rabbi Asher Vaknin D’var Torah In Parashat Lech Lecha, we encounter one of the most transformative moments in the Torah — the call to Avraham Avinu: “Lech lecha me’artzecha, u’mimoladetecha, u’mibeit avicha, el ha’aretz asher areka” — “Go for yourself, from your land, from your birthplace, and from your father’s house, to the land that […]
The Roar Begins: JIQ Lions Announce 25–26 Team Roster
Moshe Tuvia Ailyarov With the sound of sneakers squeaking across the gym floor and the steady beat of dribbling echoing down the hallways, the JIQ Lions Basketball Team has officially launched its new season—and excitement is in the air. After a series of intense tryouts and evaluations by Coach Chris, the final roster for the 2025–2026 JIQ […]
Мост между мудростью предков и современным поколением…
Михаил Гаврилов. «Гофноме эз уруси э жугьури. Русско-горско-еврейский (джуури) словарь». Восстановил по записям Семён Гаврилов. Руководитель издательского проекта Шауль Симан-Тов. Центр «Шолуми», Израиль, 2025. Джуури («еврейский») — родной язык горских евреев Восточного Кавказа, Азербайджана, Дагестана и Кабардино-Балкарии, относится к западной подгруппе иранских языков индоевропейской семьи и считается исчезающим. ЮНЕСКО включила его в «Атлас языков, находящихся […]
Нам есть, чем гордиться
Журналистка Фарангис Шариф-Зода отправилась в путешествие вместе с Рафаэлем Некталовым из Душанбе в Самарканд и Шахрисабз, чтобы восполнить свои знания о бухарских евреях, их древних взаимоотношениях с таджиками и узбеками. Недавно я задумалась о том, что, хотя и прожила бок о бок с бухарскими евреями большую часть своей жизни в Душанбе и Самарканде, я, по […]
Адиз Бобоев: Политик должен быть честным
Интервью главного редактора газеты The Bukharian Times Рафаэля Некталова с и.о. хокима Самаркандский области Адизом Музаффаровичем Бобоевым В течение многих лет, приезжая на родину, я имел честь встречаться, общаться, брать интервью у руководителей ряда областей, городов и районов Узбекистана. Хоким области в Узбекистане – это глава местной администрации, соответствует статусу губернатора штата в Америке. До […]