1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminA Brief History of Uzbek Jewry - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="wr9ekc9QOo"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/a-brief-history-of-uzbek-jewry">A Brief History of Uzbek Jewry</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/a-brief-history-of-uzbek-jewry/embed#?secret=wr9ekc9QOo" width="600" height="338" title="“A Brief History of Uzbek Jewry” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="wr9ekc9QOo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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A large indigenous Jewish community — known as Bukharan Jews, after the Uzbek city of Bukhara — lived in what is now Uzbekistan for many centuries, involved in crafts and local and international trade. Beginning in the late 19th century, when the region fell under the Russian influence, Ashkenazi Jews from the European sections of […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315