C юбилеем, Иосиф Шаламаев!
Прославленный оперный певец, блестящий тенор Иосиф Абрамович Шаламаев, любимец и гордость бухарскоеврейской общины, бывший солист нескольких советских музыкальных театров, а также Метрополитен-оперы в Нью-Йорке, в эти дни отмечает свой юбилей. Центр бухарских евреев, ОНЦ «Рошнои», Фонд им. Ицхака Мавашева – Институт по изучению наследия бухарских евреев в диаспоре, газета The Bukharian Times поздравляют Иосифа Шаламаева […]
Cuomo rallies for israel
Erin Levi QUEENS, NY—Hundreds of Jewish New Yorkers rallied in Queens on Sunday, October 26, in a powerful show of support for Israel and mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo, with the Bukharian Action Council leading the charge at a critical moment in the city’s political landscape. The event, held at the Kew Gardens Hills Library on […]
Why Young Bukharian Jews Should Vote for Cuomo
As the 2025 New York City mayoral election approaches, young Bukharian Jews have a critical choice to make about the future of our neighborhoods, our schools, and our families. Our community has always valued stability, education, and safety—principles that allow us to build strong Jewish homes and raise the next generation with pride. Andrew Cuomo’s […]
How a Mother’s Memory Sparked a Movement of Kindness
She Turned Her Darkest Moment Into Light for Others—And It’s Been Shining for 30 Years On October 26, a beautiful and emotional celebration took place at the Bukharian Jewish Center in Jamaica Estates, marking the 30th Anniversary of WOWI–World Women Immigrants, founded by Svetlana Khanimova-Levitin. The story of WOWI began in 1995, after the passing […]
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 […]