Is Ariel Sharon from Samarkand? Goodness. I have no clue. Officially, of course, he’s not, but at least one Uzbek academic believes otherwise.
Well, since I always take an excuse to walk down cultural and historical tangents when one presents itself, take a moment to visit BukharianJews.com, the online community for Bukharian Jews.
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Hi Nathan,
Thanks for the hat-tip. Unfortunately, further research reveals things aren’t quite as exciting as I thought – it merely seems that Arik’s parents made a circuitous journey to Palestine via Central Asia.
Hulegu