- Uzbek Jews
Uzbek Jews have two distinct communities; the more religious and traditional
Bukharian Jew ish community and the more progressive,Europe an-in-origin Ashkenazi community. There were 94,900Jew s inUzbekistan in 1989, [ [http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/2001_13_WJP.pdf World Jewish Population 2001] , "American Jewish Yearbook", vol. 101 (2001), p. 561.] but fewer than 5,000 remained in 2007 (most of them inTashkent ). [ [http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/AJYB727.CV.pdf World Jewish Population 2007] , "American Jewish Yearbook", vol. 107 (2007), p. 592.] There are twelvesynagogue s in Uzbekistan. [http://www.jewishtimes.com/News/6220.stm Uzbek Jewish worries] JTA] Fact|date=August 2008Most Uzbek Jews are now Ashkenazi due to the emigration of Bukharian Jews to
Israel and theUnited States . [http://www.jta.org/page_view_story.asp?intarticleid=17431&intcategoryid=2 Rift over root differences remains unmended for Jews of Uzbekistan] Jewish Telegraph Agency] Fact|date=August 2008Judaism in the Ferghana Valley
Semyon Abdurakhmanov is the head of the Ferghana Jewish community. There are six synagogues in the Valley. There are several hundred Jews in Fergana, Namangan, and Kokand, with about 800 total in the area. Aburakhmanov has said that the biggest problem facing the Jewish Uzbek community is the economy, not
antisemitism , despite the increasing radicalization of Muslims in the area. Fact|date=August 2008When Islamic terrorists tried to overthrow the government in May 2005, the Israeli Embassy in Tashkent asked Aburakhmanov to make a lists of Jews "in case there will be a need to airlift people to
Israel ." Fact|date=August 2008ee also
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Hinduism in Uzbekistan
*Islam in Uzbekistan References
External links
* [http://www.chabad.org/centers/default.asp?country=Uzbekistan Chabad-Lubavitch Centers in Uzbekistan]
* [http://www.haruth.com/jw/JewsUzbekistan.html Jewish Uzbekistan]
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