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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