Почему разразилась Катастрофа?
Мы убегаем от объяснения, потому что оно нас обязывает. Мы прибегаем к странным ответам, вроде того, что я слышал в Музее Катастрофы “Яд Вашем”: “В каждом человеке таится маленький нацист. Иногда, они – нацисты, иногда – мы, ну это процесс, вы же понимаете…” Мы убегаем от правды, потому что правда в том, что Катастрофа отличается […]
ДУХОВНАЯ ЖИЗНЬ ГЛАВНОЙ СИНАГОГИ КАНЕСОИ КАЛОН
Ежедневно с 7:20 утра молодёжный миньян под руководством раббая Ашера Вакнина проводит молитву шахарит. После завершения молитвы хазан миньяна Ёни Давыдов устраивает уроки Торы с группой прихожан этого миньяна. Ёни Давыдов проводит уроки по главам Торы, объясняет законы Торы по книгам некоторых знатоков и отвечает на вопросы участников. Уроки очень интересные, и все участники покидают […]
Pesach in Tashkent
Passover in Uzbekistan is more than a religious holiday. In Tashkent, we genuinely look forward to it, prepare for it in advance, and talk about it within our families. Even those who don’t strictly observe every tradition during the year try, during these days, to reconnect with their roots. “For our community,” said Arkaidy Isakharov, […]
“770CHISINAU”: PESACH IN KISHINEV
Let all who are in need come and celebrate! For the fourth consecutive year, Passover in the capital of Moldova has been held at the highest level, in strict accordance with the precepts of Orthodox Judaism. Behind this achievement lies the tireless effort and deep devotion to the Jewish values of hospitality shown by Yosef […]
KADISHMAN’S SHALECHET BRINGS MEMORY AND RENEWAL TO TEL AVIV
“Shalechet” by Menashe Kadishman, an installation once exhibited at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, is currently on view at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Set against the work’s heavy, somber field of iron faces, its title—Shalechet (“Fallen Leaves”)—quietly gestures toward the possibility of renewal and new life after death. Kadishman was an Israeli sculptor […]
A Pesach Adventure!
On Monday, the second day of Chol HaMoed Pesach, my wife and I organized our annual Six Flags trip for Bcteen. This year was especially meaningful, as 26 Bukharian Jewish teens joined us. The group arrived in the morning, and we began the day with a beautiful minyan for Shacharit. Afterward, we stopped at Holy […]
ARKADY ISAKHAROV VISITS STOCKHOLM JEWISH COMMUNITY
ABROAD As part of a visit to Stockholm by a delegation of religious figures and members of the Council for Confessional Affairs under the Committee for Religious Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, at the invitation of the Swedish Parliament, headed by the Mufti of Uzbekistan, Hazrat Nuriddin Kholiknazar (See The Bukharian Times №1259), the […]
STYLE MEETS SOCIAL IMPACT: CATHERINE CAMPBELL’S FASHION DEBUT
Happy birthday, Catherine Campbell!! NEW YORK, NY—The first landmark event by designer Catherine Campbell was held at Fountain House, a national health non-profit. It is the birth of a new creative style, where each element of the decor reflects the unique philosophy of the author. The Catherine Campbell fashion show has become a triumph of […]
Stand Up Against Antisemitism in Queens—Join Us at Court
HATE CRIME ERIC ZAFRA GROSSO HELD AT RIKERS, MAY 7 COURT DATE Eric Zafra Grosso of Corona was nabbed in Manhattan on March 27, 2026 after a judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest when he failed to appear in Queens Criminal Court on March 18. Grosso was recently indicted by a grand jury […]
YOM HASHOAH: HOW BUKHARIAN JEWISH HOSPITALITY SAVED LIVES
Monday was Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Gregorian calendar year is 2026, and the lessons from that catastrophe of history should never be forgotten or diluted. We are less than 100 years from that unimaginable tragedy. Six million Jews, mostly across the European continent, were systematically tortured and exterminated. In today’s day and age, […]