Jewish SOHO - A NEW Walking Tour of an old neighborhood
Jewish SOHO - A NEW Walking Tour of an old neighborhood
Sun, Jun 11, 10:30 AM
meet in front of the former First National City Bank bldg • New York, NY
$28.52 - $33.85
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NYC Isn't Dead - Jewish Silk Road Tours™: Bukharian Community Tour Queens
By Manashe Khaimov, MSW., Community Organizer and Founder of Jewish Silk Road Tour ™
When and where
Date and time
Sunday, March 29, 2020 · 3 - 6pm EDT
Location
Bukharian Jewish Community Center 10616 70th Avenue Queens, NY 11375
Refund Policy
Refunds up to 7 days before event
Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.
Description
We are pleased to invite you to join and embark on a walking tour of several fascinating neighborhoods in Queens, NY; also known as Registan Park (Rego Park) and Bukharian Broadway (Forest Hills).
Learn about the Jewish community that has lived along the Silk Road for over 2000 years. Look at periods of Jewish emigration from Central Asia, and visit the one and only Bukharian Jewish Museum to understand the essence of the Bukharian Jewish culture.
Together we will attempt to recreate the atmosphere of the time, and learn about the everyday life of Bukharian immigrants, their hardships, and hopes, their failures, and achievements.
The tour will conclude with a traditional lunch.
Tour will include:
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Visit to the Bukharian Jewish Museum
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Walking tour of the neighborhood
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Visit to synagogue
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Lunch at the Bukharian Restaurant (Glatt Kosher -VHQ)
This Walking Tour is in English and/or Russian.
Tickets: $62 per person includes a meal, entertainment, and tour.
Space is Limited!
When: Sunday, March 29th, 2020 at 3 PM!
Location: 10616 70th Ave, Forest Hills, NY 11375
Please call 914-364-2572
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This project is brought to you by Jewish Silk Road Tours Inc. in partnership with Bukharian Jewish Congress of USA and Canada, Center for Traditional Music and Dance, with the generous support of COJECO.
(This project was piloted as part of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance’s Central Asian Community Cultural Initiative during Yiddish NY 2017)
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About the organizer
Manashe was born in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, a city along the Silk Road, where his ancestors lived for over 2000 years. This makes his Jewish identity simultaneously Bukharian, Sephardic, Mizrahi, and Russian-speaking.
These documentaries were screened at 18th Annual NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival; Jewish Broadcasting Service (JBS); Limmud FSU, Canada; and Limmud FSU, Parsippany, NJ. The Queens College History Department includes these films as part of their curriculum via the course called History and Culture of the Bukharian Jews (HIST 257).
Manashe has presented on the history of the Bukharian Jews at numerous conferences in United States, Canada, Uzbekistan, and in Summer of 2018 did a speaking tour in South Africa.
Aron Aronov, Founder, and Director of The Bukharian Museum.
Mr. Aronov is a community activist whose mission is to ensure that Bukharian Jewish culture remains alive. He has gathered over 2,000 ethnographic objects and artifacts from Uzbekistan and other areas of Central Asia. The passion of Mr. Aronov is best captured in his own words: “I am not afraid to die…but I’m afraid to disappear from this world without leaving any trace…One day our great-great-grandchildren will want to know about their roots and they will come right here to this museum,” Jerusalem Post, July 2011. Mr. Aronov shares his deep knowledge about Bukharian history and culture as well as describing how people lived during various time periods.