Abram Ishako, the caretaker of the oldest synagogue in Central Asia recites for us a very special prayer, the Haqqoni, ...
from Persian Jews and Kurdish Jews to Bukharan Jews of Central Asia, Beta Israel Jews in Ethiopia, and Cochin Jews in India. Sephardic Jews often have different customs than Ashkenazi Jews ...
In Karaganda, the painful memories of the infamous Soviet gulag here are part and parcel of the identity of the Jews who live in the city. KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan (JTA) — Liza Luchanskiy was born ...
Nearly a year after the small Jewish community in Tajikistan had its synagogue demolished to make way for a new presidential palace, the community got a new one. DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (JTA ...