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BUKHARAN JEWS 
and the Dynamics of Global Judaism

Bukharan Jews International Gathering Marks 40 Years

10/16/2012

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International gathering of Bukharian Jews to mark 40 years since the start of their en masse migration from Soviet Central Asia. 

Sunday, October 21 in Queens, NY

Roshnoyi (Light), the Bukharian Jewish Community Academic Association in New York will be hosting a public event to mark forty years since the community’s mass migration from the former Soviet Union.  Prior to 1972, over 50,000 Jews lived in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, who traced their back their history in the region for well over a millenium.  The community’s deep local roots loosened in the 1970s when migration restrictions were eased, and when the USSR dissolved their history in the region came to a rapid end.  Today the community maintains global ties that stretch across North America, Israel and Europe.

Over sixty lecturers will address the Bukharian Jews immigrant community’s achievements, challenges, and prospects for the future in their new homes.   Speakers come from Israel, Austria, Germany and Canada, as well as from cities across the United States including Cambridge, San Diego, Baltimore, Miami and Phoenix.  They include scholars, artists, representatives of Bukharan Jewish community associations, as well as leaders from American Jewish organizations including the American Jewish Committee, JCRC and Jewish Child Care Association.

WHEN:                       
Sunday, October 21
9:30 – 7:00 PM
Conference schedule available here

WHERE:                     
Bukharian Jewish Community Center
106-16 70-th Avenue
Queens, Forest Hills

CONTACT:               
Iosif Kalantarov, Program Organizer
Kalontar2@gmail.com



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