Back to Bukhara How memory, tourism, and the diaspora sustain the last vestiges of Uzbekistan’s Jewish heritage

Back to Bukhara How memory, tourism, and the diaspora sustain the last vestiges of Uzbekistan’s Jewish heritage

Best known as a stop on the Silk Road trade route, Uzbekistan’s ancient city of Bukhara was home to a thriving Jewish community for more than 2,000 years. But since the Soviet Union’s collapse in the 1990s, the overwhelming majority of Central Asia’s Bukharan Jews have moved abroad. As the small remaining population dwindles with each passing year, family homes have been converted into hotels and museums, synagogues have become tourist attractio…