The Jews Who Survived 2,500 Years in Isolation

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Published Jun 16, 2025

For over 2,000 years, Jews lived in the heart of Central Asia—then vanished from view. Cut off from the wider Jewish world, Bukharian Jews built their own customs, survived forced conversions, and kept their identity alive through food, folklore, and quiet resistance.

Today, few remain in Uzbekistan, but their descendants have carried Bukharian traditions to Israel, New York, and beyond.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:47 Bukharian Jewish identity
01:21 Origins of Bukharian Jewry
04:45 Isolation from the global Jewish community
07:57 The upheaval of Rabbi Maman
10:19 Invasion of Imperial Russia
11:55 Bukharian Jewry & Zionism
12:27 Bukharian Jewry & the USSR
13:58 Jewish preservation as resistance
16:20 Bukharian Jewish flight from the USSR
16:46 Adapting to new surroundings

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