https://bukharianemigration.figureten.com 2025-09-16T16:08:59+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X1765791769934501920733948495097/El-Al.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J1765804390422033901713362994425/Maqam_Emsemble_Buhara_Ari_Babahanov.jpg <span class="caption">Bukhara mausoleum ensemble led by Ari Babakhanov. Photo by Alexander Jumaev.</span> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O1766127374353340017810350228729/Refusenik.jpg <span class="caption"><i>Refusenik</i> Ida Nudel greeted by Natan Sharansky, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres at Ben-Gurion Airport in Israel on October 15, 1987. Photo by Nati Harnik.</span> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C1766161074820768742232454808825/Soviet-Jewish-children-arriving-at-JFK-Airport-in-New-York--wearing-HIAS-buttons--1979.-YIVO.jpeg <span class="caption">Soviet Jewish children arriving at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, wearing HIAS buttons, 1979. Courtesy of YIVO Archives.</span> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S1766163970682887153526415246585/How-to-Find-a-Job-in-New-York-City.-FEGS-YIVO.jpeg <span class="caption"><i>How to Find a Job in New York City – a Manual for Newly Arrived Soviet Emigres</i>, provided by the Federation Employment &#x26; Guidance Service. Courtesy of YIVO Archives.</span><br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L1766168217916582916634707969273/NYANA-staff-assisting-Soviet-refugees-in-supermarket.-YIVO.jpeg <span class="caption">NYANA staff assisting Soviet refugees in the supermarket. Courtesy of YIVO archives.<br /></span><br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C1766922292885945635508508902649/Bukharian-Jewish-Community-Center-Bukharian-Jewish-Congress.jpg <span class="caption"><i>Bukharian Jewish Community Center</i> on 70th Avenue between Queens Boulevard and Austin Street, courtesy of Lauren F. Friedman, Flickr, 2010.</span> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V1766926537629330948666012157177/Da-Mikele-Queens.jpeg <span class="caption"><i>Da Mikele Illagio</i>, famed Bukharian wedding venue, on the corner of Albion Avenue and Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens. Courtesy of the owner.</span><br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z1766933885170409691991225877753/Screenshot-2024-05-10-at-11.07.45-AM.png <span class="caption">Interior of King David restaurant, a popular Kosher restaurant for Bukharians commonly used for special events. Courtesy of the owner.</span> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J1766941314670372354807977428217/Waitresses-at-Taste-of-Samarkand-NYT.png <span class="caption">Waitresses at <i>Taste of Samarkand,</i> a popular Uzbek restaurant on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens. Courtesy of New York Times.</span> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K1766945157662118486645156037881/Taste-of-Samarkand-NYT.png Traditional Uzbek food at <i>Taste of Samarkand</i> in Rego Park, Queens. Dishes include <i>samsa</i> (flaky meat pastries), <i>nakhot garmack </i>(braised veal tail with chickpeas), <i>osh-potche</i> (soup with beef feet, chickpeas, and potato), and <i>lepyoshka</i> (flat round bread made in a tandoor oven) https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K1766953570484220742623266030841/Downpic.cc-image380658184.jpg <span class="caption">People walking along 108th Street, commonly known as Bukharian Broadway, in Forest Hills, Queens, 2020. Courtesy of SIPA USA.</span> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y1766959843520903936440807671033/63dr_booth_0500e.jpg <span class="caption">Intersection of 63rd Street and Booth Drive in Rego Park, Queens, in May 2000. Courtesy of Jeff Saltzman.</span> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P1768726440036394323743432721657/Family-outside-HIAS-office-in-New-York.-YIVO-1940s.jpeg Families outside of the HIAS office in New York City. Ca. 1940s. Courtesy of YIVO Archives. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M1768727641546622820741367678201/Page-from-1977-HIAS-annual-report.-YIVO.jpeg Soviet Jews arriving in America. Page from the 1977 HIAS Annual Report. Courtesy of YIVO Archives. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J1768730540046625634575793997049/Pages-from-1970-HIAS-annual-report.-YIVO.jpeg Pages from the 1970 HIAS Annual Report with statistics on Soviet Jewish émigrés. Courtesy of YIVO Archives. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N1768734380068445970545734796537/NYANA-providing-immigrants-with-medical-job-training.-YIVO.jpeg NYANA providing Soviet émigrés with medical job training. Ca 1980s. Courtesy of YIVO Archives. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G1768748192086517904646216828153/Screenshot-2024-05-11-at-2.25.05-PM.jpg The Rabbinical Alliance of America held a conference with the leadership of Beth Gavriel Jewish Center in Forest Hills, New York, 2019. Courtesy of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q1768992324414156769284505683193/Immigrants-outside-HIAS.png <div style="text-align: center">Émigrés at HIAS kiosk 1944-1958, courtesy of HIAS Photograph Album.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U1768998674318422518249748907257/Jewish-family-on-the-front-of-Photography-magazine.png <div style="text-align: center">Jewish émigré family on the cover of Photography Magazine 1955, courtesy of HIAS Photograph Album.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I1768998674263082286028620252409/Child-with-HIAS-button.png <div style="text-align: center">Child with HIAS button, 1944-1958, courtesy of HIAS Photograph Album.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T1769065113366256987583098602745/HIAS-emigres-1944-1958.png <div style="text-align: center">Émigrés supported by HIAS, 1944-1958, courtesy of HIAS Photograph Album.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A1769091181105943589130321478905/HIAS-children-1944-1958.png <div style="text-align: center">Émigré children and temporary HIAS housing, 1944-1958, courtesy of HIAS Photograph Album.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N1769093159463905262258603640057/Newspaper-clippings-on-HIAS--1944-1958..png <div style="text-align: center">Newspaper clippings about HIAS refugees, 1944-1958, courtesy of HIAS Photograph Album.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C1769094926735774499928486659321/HIAS-refugees-working--1944-1958.png <div style="text-align: center">HIAS refugees, 1944-1958, courtesy of HIAS Photograph Album.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H1769096425644410953271812769017/HIAS-presentation-to-children--1944-1958.png <div style="text-align: center">Young émigrés supported by HIAS, 1944-1958, courtesy of HIAS Photograph Album.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P1769109411709516987027121194233/Emigres-from-HIAS-collection-1944-1958.png <div style="text-align: center">Émigrés, 1944-1958, courtesy of HIAS Photograph Album.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y1769360495563532820593969677561/Kumon-where-babanya-office-was--and-Elie-went-to-class..jpeg Looking North on the intersection of 63rd Drive and Alderton Street in Rego Park, Queens, in 2001. Max’s grandmother owned a travel agency that operated out of the same building as the Kumon pictured on the right. Max’s sister attended classes at the Kumon in the mid-2000s. Courtesy of Jeff Saltzman. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y1769362518710189104689043162361/63dr_booth_0500b-2000.-Mom-worked-here..jpeg Intersection of 63rd Street and Booth Drive in Rego Park, Queens, in May 2000. Max’s mother, upon emigration to New York from Uzbekistan, worked as a cashier at Family Fruit Farm (pictured). Courtesy of Jeff Saltzman. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q1769365486201014754197192525049/Kikis-99-cent-store-mom-worked-at.jpeg Looking North on the intersection of 63rd Drive and Saunders Street in Rego Park, Queens, in May 2001. Max’s mother, upon emigration from Uzbekistan, also worked at the Kiki’s 99 cent store pictured on the far right. Courtesy of Jeff Saltzman. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M1770098882720758982064113403129/HIAS-refugees-wearing-HIAS-pins--1944-1958.jpg <div style="text-align: center">Refugees wearing HIAS pins, 1944-1958, courtesy of HIAS Photograph Album.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K1770100110572938016319288067321/HIAS-reunited-family--Arabs-attack-UN-force.-HIAS-archives.jpg <div style="text-align: center">Family reunited by HIAS, on the cover of Daily Mirror, 1944-1958, courtesy of HIAS Photograph Album.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W1770102198449219255061178172665/HIAS-immigrants-in-Australia-1944-1955.jpg <div style="text-align: center">Émigrés supported by HIAS in Australia, 1944-1958, courtesy of HIAS Photograph Album</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R1770104458507409677808023061753/HIAS-welcoming-first-displaced-persons--1944-1958.jpg <div style="text-align: center">HIAS welcoming first displaced persons, 1944-1958, courtesy of HIAS Photograph Album.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X1770107418342836536726708503801/63rd-Dr---Booth-St-intersection.jpeg <div style="text-align: center">Intersection of 63rd Drive &#x26; Booth St in Rego Park, Queens, 2001. Courtesy Jeff Saltzman.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y1770107418416623513021546710265/63rd---booth-corner.jpeg <div style="text-align: center">Intersection of 63rd Drive &#x26; Booth St in Rego Park, Queens, 2001. Max’s godmother worked at Met Foodmarkets. Courtesy Jeff Saltzman.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y1770107418435070257095256261881/63rd---booth-intersection-school.jpeg <div style="text-align: center">Intersection of 63rd Drive &#x26; Booth St in Rego Park, Queens, 2001. Members of Max’s family attended school in this building. Courtesy Jeff Saltzman.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A1770107418398176768947837158649/63rd---booth-looking-north.jpeg <div style="text-align: center">Facing north on 63rd Drive &#x26; Booth St in Rego Park, Queens, 2001. Courtesy Jeff Saltzman.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I1770115507922642389092345529593/63rd---booth-in-1992-at-night.jpeg <div style="text-align: center">63rd Drive &#x26; Booth St in Rego Park, Queens, 1992. Max’s mother worked at the Family Fruit Farm as a cashier at this time. It remained open 24 hours, not unlike many other stores in the area. This store is a neighborhood institution. Courtesy Jeff Saltzman.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C1770118822304490344708613031161/63rd-Dr-and-wetherole-st.jpeg <div style="text-align: center">63rd Drive &#x26; Wetherole Street in Rego Park, Queens, 2001. Courtesy Jeff Saltzman.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U1770123332146034741146082559225/Jackie_Robinson_Parkway_Queens_Boulevard_2.jpg <div style="text-align: center">Jackie Robinson Parkway at Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens, Queens, late 1990s. Courtesy Jeff Saltzman.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T1770124163596130375456702547193/Jackie_Robinson_Parkway_southof_Queens_Boulevard_1.jpg <div style="text-align: center">Jackie Robinson Parkway south of Queens Boulevard, early 2000s. Courtesy Jeff Saltzman.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R1770131291085999063500675040505/Bukharian-refugee-family-1991.jpeg <div style="text-align: center">Bukharian Jewish refugee family, 1991. Courtesy Atlanta Jewish Times.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S1770134666286762230137334220025/Screenshot-2024-05-12-at-11.19.05-AM.png <div style="text-align: center">New York Times magazine section on Bukharian Jewry in Forest Hills, Queens, 2001. Courtesy New York Times.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J1770756405937453635174282511609/Queens-Blvd-Facing-75th-Rd-from-Percy-Loomis-Sperr-Collection--May-30--1939.jpeg <div style="text-align: center">Queens Boulevard facing 75th Road 1939 vs. 2000s. Courtesy of the Percy Loomis Sperr Collection.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X1770761840846319839998346478841/63rd-Drive---Booth-Street-Rego-Park-in-1960s.jpeg <div style="text-align: center">Intersection of 63rd Drive &#x26; Booth St in Rego Park, Queens, 1960s. Courtesy The Ghost of Queens Past, Facebook.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C1770766556608868331255540696313/Queens-Blvd---77th-Ave-1940s-NYPL-Collection.jpeg <div style="text-align: center">Queens Blvd &#x26; 77th Ave in Forest Hills, Queens, 1940s vs 2000s. Courtesy NYPL Collection.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J1770769486947951416312653104377/Queens-Blvd-frm-Union-Tpke-Forest-Hills-1930.jpeg <div style="text-align: center">Queens Blvd seen from Union Turnpike, 1930s. Courtesy The Ghost of Queens Past, Facebook.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q1770775354193158476667478295801/Queens-Blvd---76th-Ave-1930-vs-now.jpg <div style="text-align: center">Queens Blvd &#x26; 76th Ave in Forest Hills, Queens, 1930s vs 2000s. Courtesy The Ghost of Queens Past, Facebook.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y1771785697769106850356962215161/Screenshot-2024-05-13-at-12.11.30-PM.png