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From 'Mercy' to 'Banner of Labour: the Bukharan Jewish press in late Tsarist and early Soviet Central Asia / Loy, Thomas; Levin, Zeev

Levin, Zeev	Journal Article
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This paper presents the development and transformations of Bukharan Jewish newspapers and periodicals (1910–38) and situates them in the broader Central Asian mediascape. Over a period of 30 years, the Bukharan Jewish press was transformed from a pioneering privately owned enterprise that served the needs of the Jewish communities throughout Central Asia to one owned and regulated by the Soviet state, serving as a tool to transmit propaganda and to shape and educate a predefined ‘national minority group’. The paper argues that the introduction of a Bukharan Jewish press in 1910 was intended to create a modernized language and ethnic awareness among the Jews of Central Asia. In the 1930s, Bukharan Jewish newspapers and journals were radically Sovietized and finally shut down by the state. From then until the collapse of the Soviet Union, no Bukharan Jewish publications appeared in the bloc and the existence of a distinct Central Asian Jewish identity was largely ignored. This case study sheds light on Tsarist and Soviet minorities’ policies and helps us to better understand the various changes experienced and the cultural adaptations made by many ‘minorities’ of Central Asia in the Age of Colonialism.

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Minorities ; Central Asia ; Jews ; Press ; Policy ; Soviet Central Asia ;
Nationalities ; Tsarist

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Religious, national or cultural? a case study of frameworks for Jewish education in post-Soviet Central Asia / Levin, Zeev

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In post-Soviet Central Asia, Jewish educational frameworks were shaped by unique forces introduced by various Jewish organizations. This article describes and explains the unique formation of Jewish education in post-Soviet Central Asian republics, how it was revived and which organizations shaped it. The article presents and analyses various educational initiatives introduced by Jewish organizations and educational frameworks: formal and informal, local and foreign, state and privately sponsored, religious and civic–national. It claims that all were unique.

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Religion ; Jewish Education ; Bukharan Jews ; Ashkenazi Jews ; JDC (Joint) ; JAFI (Sokhnut) ;
Chabad Lubavitch

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