Bukharan Jews

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Bukharan Jews are a Jewish ethno-cultural group from Central Asia, particularly around Bukhara in present-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, known for their distinct Persian-influenced language, traditions, and history.

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Generate an image of Bukharan Jews (Bukharan Jews are a Jewish ethno-cultural group from Central Asia, particularly around Bukhara in present-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, known for their distinct Persian-influenced language, traditions, and history.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish ethnic group ⓘ
ethno-cultural group ⓘ
continentOfOrigin Asia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Tajikistan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
culturalInfluence Central Asian culture ⓘ
Islamic culture ⓘ
Persian culture ⓘ
culturalPractice Central Asian–style Jewish cuisine ⓘ
distinct wedding customs ⓘ
traditional Bukharan Jewish music ⓘ
diasporaIdentity Bukharan Jewish community of Queens ⓘ
linked to: Bukharan Jews
ethnicGroupOf Jews ⓘ
experiencedEvent emigration to the United States in the late 20th century ⓘ
mass emigration to Israel in the 20th century ⓘ
hasCulturalCenter Bukharian Jewish Community Center in Queens ⓘ
hasOrganization Bukharian Jewish Congress in the USA and Canada ⓘ
World Congress of Bukharian Jews ⓘ
heritageLanguageShift from Bukhori to English in the United States ⓘ
from Bukhori to Hebrew in Israel ⓘ
from Bukhori to Russian in Soviet period ⓘ
historicalCenter Bukhara ⓘ
linked to: Bukhara, Uzbekistan
historicalEmpire Bukharan Emirate ⓘ
linked to: Khanate of Bukhara

Russian Empire ⓘ
Timurid Empire ⓘ
linked to: Timurid dynasty
historicalLanguageOfEnvironment Tajik ⓘ
Uzbek ⓘ
historicalState Soviet Union ⓘ
historicalStatus dhimmi under Muslim rule ⓘ
languageFamily Iranian languages ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
majorDiasporaCity Jerusalem ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
Tel Aviv ⓘ
majorDiasporaCountry Canada ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
United States ⓘ
majorDiasporaNeighborhood Forest Hills ⓘ
Kew Gardens Hills ⓘ
Rego Park ⓘ
musicTradition Shashmaqam-influenced Jewish music ⓘ
primaryReligion Judaism ⓘ
recognizedAs Mizrahi Jewish subgroup ⓘ
distinct Jewish community in Israel ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Central Asia ⓘ
religiousRite Edot HaMizrach liturgy ⓘ
Sephardic liturgy ⓘ
religiousTradition Mizrahi Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Mizrahi Jews

Sephardi rite ⓘ
traditionalDish baksh ⓘ
osh plov ⓘ
samsa ⓘ
traditionalGarment chapan ⓘ
tyubeteika ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Bukharic ⓘ
linked to: Chagatai Turkic

Bukhori ⓘ
Judeo-Tajik ⓘ
traditionalOccupation dyeing ⓘ
merchant activity ⓘ
silk trade ⓘ
textile trade ⓘ
usesScript Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mountain Jews → relatedGroup → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Jewish diaspora → hasCommunityType → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Mizrahi Jews → countryOfOrigin → Bukharan Jewish communities ⓘ
linked to: Bukharan Jews
Mizrahi Jews → notableSubgroup → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Judeo-Persian → spokenBy → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Bukharan Jews → diasporaIdentity → Bukharan Jewish community of Queens ⓘ
linked to: Bukharan Jews
Georgian Jews → relatedEthnicGroup → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Judeo-Iranian languages → historicalRegion → Bukharan Jewish communities ⓘ
linked to: Bukharan Jews
Dzhidi → historicallySpokenIn → Bukharan Jewish communities ⓘ
linked to: Bukharan Jews
Dzhidi → ethnicGroup → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Judeo-Tajik → ethnicGroup → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Judeo-Tajik → historicallySpokenBy → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Judeo-Tajik → speakerCommunity → Bukharan Jewish diaspora ⓘ
linked to: Bukharan Jews
Kew Gardens Hills → religiousCommunity → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Kew Gardens Hills → immigrantCommunity → Central Asian Jews ⓘ
linked to: Bukharan Jews
Jewish Israelis → subgroup → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Bukhori → spokenBy → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Bukhori → hasEthnicAssociation → Bukharan Jewish community ⓘ
linked to: Bukharan Jews
Bukhari → spokenBy → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Bukhari → ethnicGroup → Bukharan Jewish community ⓘ
linked to: Bukharan Jews
Bukhari → culturalAssociation → Bukharan Jewish culture ⓘ
linked to: Bukharan Jews
Bukharic → spokenBy → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Leshon Bukharim → spokenBy → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Leshon Bukharim → traditionalLanguageOf → Bukharan Jewish community ⓘ
linked to: Bukharan Jews
Leshon Bukharim → ethnicAssociation → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Bukhari Tajik → historicallySpokenBy → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Bukhari Tajik → spokenBy → Bukharan Jewish community ⓘ
linked to: Bukharan Jews
Russian Jews → notableSubgroup → Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Jewish communities → include → Bukharan Jews ⓘ