Bukharan Jews and Their Adaptation to the United States

Publication Date: June 1996

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Anna Halberstadt; Adele Nikolsky

Research Area: Culture and religion; Population and demographics

Keywords: Cultural Sensitivity; Immigration; Identity Formation

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, there has been a mass exodus of Bukharan Jews from the Central Asian republics. These emigres differ greatly from Russian Ashkenazic Jews in their Jewish identity, family structure and size, gender roles, child-rearing practices, expectations placed on their children, and attitudes toward mental health problems and their treatment. All of these differences need to be taken into account when working with this emigre population.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.72 no.4, Summer 1996.