Lecture subjects
The untold story about Bukharian Jews during WWII Who are Bukharian Jews? What was their Soviet Struggle? An Interactive discussion on the Bukharian Jewish Culture, Heritage and Life Cycle events. The struggle of Bukharian Jews during Soviet Union! How did Bukhrian Jews survived as traditional Jews during Soviet Regime?
Contact: manashe.khaimov@gmail.com Languages: English, Russian Based in: NYC
Join and embark on a walking tour of the Queens, NY;
also known as Registan Park (Rego Park) and Bukharian Broadway.
Jewish Silk Road Tours™:
Bukharian Community Tour in Rego Park
Sun, March 29th, 2020
3PM - 6PM
Learn about the Jewish community that had lived along the Silk Road, for over 2000 years. Look at the period of Jewish emigration from Central Asia, and visit one and only Bukharian Jewish Museum to understand the essence of the Bukharian Jewish culture.
The tour will conclude with a traditional lunch and a mini-concert at the local Bukharian restaurant!
Tour will include:
Visit the one and only Bukharian Jewish Museum in the world
Walking tour of the neighborhood
Visiting the synagogue(s)
Dinner at the Bukharian Restaurant (Glatt Kosher -VHQ)
This project is brought to you by Jewish Silk Road Tours Inc. in partnership with Bukharian Jewish Congress of USA and Canada, with the generous support of COJECO.
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Biography
Manashe Khaimov is a fourth generation community organizer, social innovator, and a lifelong learner who brings his passion working with Jewish community.
Manashe was born in a city along the Silk Road, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, where his ancestors lived for over 2000 years, which makes Manashe’s Jewish identity simultaneously Bukharian, Sephardic, Mizrahi, and Russian speaking. Manashe is an Adjunct Professor in Jewish Studies, with a specialty in History and Culture of the Bukharian Jews at Queens College.
Manashe is a Director of Community Engagement and Development at Queens College Hillel where he focuses on fundraising and community organizing while building meaningful relationships with students, community members, and individuals. For the past 6 years, Manashe worked for JCCA’s Bukharian Teen Lounge in various roles. In his last role as the Director of the program, Manashe researched and produced several documentaries about Bukharian Jewish community as part of the Bukharian Lens project: The Untold Story of Bukharian Jews; The Untold Story of Bukharian Jews and Ashkenazi Jews Who Were Evacuated During WWII to Central Asia; Bukharian Roots; and Khibur- Bukharian Israel Connections. These documentaries were screened at 18th Annual NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival, Jewish Broadcasting Service (JBS); Limmud FSU in Canada, Limmud FSU in Parsippany, NJ, in addition Queens College History Department included these films as part of their curriculum.
In Spring 2018, Manashe launched MEROS: Center for Bukharian Jewish Research & Identity at Queens College Hillel. He is a founding director and social innovator of the Bukharian Jewish Union Inc, an organization for the young professionals in their 20’s and 30’s. Manashe is a Founder of The Jewish Silk Road Tours ™ a walking tours in New York City for people who are interested in learning about the Jewish communities that had lived along the Silk Road, for over 2000 years. Manashe is a recipient of the New York Jewish Week “36 Under 36” Visionary Jewish Leader Award, TimesLedger Newspapers “Queens Impact Award” honoring the borough's unsung heroes, and he is an alumnus of the Nahum Goldmann Fellowship for International Jewish Leaders. Manashe received his B.A. in International marketing from CUNY Baruch College, and hold his MSW from Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work in Community Organizing, Planning, & Development. Manashe has presented on the history of the Bukharian Jews at numerous communities all around United States and conferences in US, Canada, Uzbekistan, Russia and in the summer of 2018 did a speaking tour in Limmud South Africa.