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Bukharan Jews, also Bukharian Jews or Bukhari Jews ((ペルシア語:یهودی بخارایی) ''Yahūde-ye Bukhārāī'' ; (ロシア語:Бухарские евреи) ''Bukharskie evrei'' ; (ヘブライ語:בוכרים) ''Bukharim'' ; Tajik and Bukhori Cyrillic: яҳудиёни бухороӣ ''Yahudiyoni bukhoroī'' (Bukharan Jews) or яҳудиёни Бухоро ''Yahudiyoni Bukhoro'' (Jews of Bukhara), Bukhori Hebrew Script: יהודיאני בוכאראי and יהודיאני בוכארי), also called the Binai Israel,〔Marks, Gil. ''The world of Jewish cooking'', Simon & Schuster, 1999, ISBN 978-0-684-83559-4, p. 97.〕 are Jews from Central Asia who historically spoke Bukhori, a dialect of the Tajik-Persian language. Their name comes from the former Central Asian Emirate of Bukhara, which once had a sizable Jewish community. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the great majority have immigrated to Israel or to the United States (especially Forest Hills, New York), while others have immigrated to Europe or Australia.〔Goodman, Peter. "Bukharian Jews find homes on Long Island", ''Newsday'', September 2004.〕 ==Background== According to some ancient texts, there were Israelites that began traveling to Central Asia to work as traders during the reign of King David of Jerusalem as far back as the 10th century B.C.E. When Persian King Cyrus conquered Babylon, he encouraged the Jews he liberated to settle in his empire, which included areas of Central Asia. In the Middle Ages, the largest Jewish settlement in Central Asia was in the Emirate of Bukhara. Among Bukharan Jews, there are two ancient theories of how Jewish people settled in Central Asia. Many Bukharan Jews trace their ancestry to the Tribe of Napthali and to the Tribe of Issachar of the Lost Tribes of Israel〔Ehrlich, M. Avrum. ''Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture'' ABL-CIO, October 2008, ISBN 978-1-85109-873-6, p. 84.〕 who may have been exiled during the Assyrian captivity of Israel in 7th century BCE.〔("The history of Bukharan Jews" ), Bukharacity.com. Retrieved December 13, 2009.〕 There is another tradition stating that Central Asian Jews are descendants of the Israelites who never returned from the Babylonian captivity after exile in the 6th–5th century BCE.〔http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2003-09-26/lifestyle/0309250561_1_jewish-cooking-jewish-new-year-apples-and-honey〕 Modern sources have described the Bukhara Jews as, for example, "an ethnic and linguistic group in Central Asia, claiming descent from 5th-century exiles from Persia".〔("Wandering Jew: Bukhara, the ancient silk way city", by Tanya Powell-Jones, ''Jerusalem Post'', 1/13/2013 )〕 The Bukharan Jews are considered one of the oldest ethno-religious groups of Central Asia and over the years they have developed their own distinct culture. Throughout the years, Jews from other Eastern countries such as Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Syria, and Morocco migrated into Central Asia (usually by taking the Silk Road). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bukharan Jews」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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