Talk:Bukharan Jews
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[edit] central asia
i've done a good bit of research on central asia. a large proportion of the population is of various turkic ethnic groups.
and then there are the bukharan jews. i've just begun to learn about these people. mostly, i've listened to some bukharan jewish music over the internet.
it looks like tibet is also in this general area.
Gringo300 06:06, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
Could it be that Jewish migration was caused by an opportunity of better living standards rather than (or as well as-?) "abrupt growth of nationalism, chauvinism and xenophobia" and "rapid revival of Islamic culture" in Uzbekistan? Especially when the destination countries considered - USA and Israel, which are far from Uzbekistan, but have considerably higher living standards. This part of the article sounds biased, anti-Uzbek and anti-Islamic. I am replacing "rapid revival of Islamic culture" with "advent of Islamic fundamentalism" myself, which is also consistent with History of Uzbekistan article and at least keeps mainstream Islamic culture out of this business. Filanca 12:50, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi there, I might be wrong, and I´m not an expert on the topic, but I noticed there is a C mark for copyright on most of the pictures on the Bukhara Jews. Although I really appreciate the opportunity to see those, it seems to me to go against Wikipedia rules of licensing photos... I can see they are quite old and shouldn´t be covered ny copyright laws in most countries... but to see that "C" sign is not at all pleasent in the context of wikipedia. Kurogawa.
- Hi. Not to worry. The Jewish Encyclopedia cannot, in fact, claim copyright ownership of the images since they are over 100 years old. El_C 02:25, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Request for Info
Hi watchers of this page. Does anyone have specific cites on historical persecution of Jews or Judaism in the area of Tajikistan? elizmr 21:50, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The status of Bukhara
Hmm, I suppose it is not really correct to call Bukhara a "Tajik city". I know, it was populated mostly by Tajiks before and even after becoming a part of the Uzbek SSR, but at the moment this city is in Uzbekistan. Bektour 15:36, 10 December 2006 (UTC)