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Bukharan Jews

Bukharan Jews

Jewish subgroup of Central Asia Ethnic group Bukharan Jewsיהודים בוכריםБухарӣJewish family in Bukhara, 1880Total population300,000–350,000 (est.)Regions with significant populations Israel160,000 United States New York metropolitan area (primarily Queens)70,000[unreliable source?]50,000 United Kingdom15,000 Austria3,000–3,500 Germany2,000 Uzbekistan Bukhara1,500150 Canada1,500 Russia1,000 Australia Melbourne130+130+ Tajikistan34LanguagesTraditionally Bukharian (Judeo-Tajik), Russian, English (North America, United Kingdom), Hebrew (Israel), and Uzbek (Uzbekistan)Religion JudaismRelated ethnic groupsIranian Jews, Iraqi Jews, Afghan Jews, Mountain Jews, Kurdish Jews, Georgian Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Soviet Jews Part of a series onJews and Judaism Etymology Who is a Jew? Jewish studies Religion God in Judaism (names) Principles of faith Mitzvot (613) Halakha Shabbat Holidays Prayer Tzedakah Land of Israel Brit Bar and bat mitzvah Marriage Bereavement Baal teshuva Off the derech Philosophy Ethics Kabbalah Messiah Claimants Customs Rites Synagogue Rabbi Texts Tanakh Torah Nevi'im Ketuvim Talmud Mishnah Gemara Rabbinic Midrash Tosefta Targum Beit Yosef Mishneh Torah Tur