Quiz: A New Torah Scroll, a 90-Year-Old Painter and a Radio Pioneer. How Well Did You Follow This Week's Bukharian News?

How closely did you follow this week’s Bukharian community news? Every answer comes from the sources linked below.

1. Where will the Isakov family’s new Torah scroll be kept?

• A) Kanisoi Kalon
• B) Beth Gavriel
• C) Or-Natan
• D) Beth Bechor

2. About how many people attended the Torah scroll celebration on Oct. 18?

• A) 50
• B) 150
• C) 500
• D) 1,000

3. In what year did botanist Yuzef Murdakhaev first pick up a paintbrush, at senior-center classes in Queens?

• A) 2004
• B) 2010
• C) 2017
• D) 2024

4. What were the “chala,” discussed by David Mavashev in The Bukharian Times?

• A) A Bukharian bread for Shabbat
• B) Bukharian Jews who converted to Islam under pressure but secretly kept Judaism
• C) A style of Shashmaqam singing
• D) A Samarkand synagogue

5. When does Kaykov TV’s full interview with Ruthie Leviev-Yelizarov premiere?

• A) Oct. 22
• B) Oct. 24
• C) Oct. 26
• D) Nov. 3

6. Which Russian-language radio station did Seva Kaplan found?

• A) Davidzon Radio
• B) Narodnaya Volna
• C) Radio Liberty
• D) Radio Kaykov

Answers

• 1 – C. The Bukharian Times reported that the scroll will be kept at the Or-Natan synagogue, where the Isakov brothers pray.
• 2 – B. The paper reported that about 150 people attended.
• 3 – C. The Bukharian Times’ review says he began in 2017.
• 4 – B. Mavashev described them as Jews who accepted Islam under pressure but secretly continued to practice Judaism.
• 5 – C. Kaykov TV says the full podcast premieres Monday, Oct. 26, at 12 p.m.
• 6 – B. The Bukharian Jewish Link describes Kaplan as the founder of Narodnaya Volna.

Answers 1 through 4 draw on reports translated from Russian by Bukharian Jewish Post from coverage by The Bukharian Times.

Sources: The Bukharian Times, Or-Natan Torah scroll report (in Russian); The Bukharian Times, Murdakhaev review (in Russian); The Bukharian Times, Mavashev interview, part four (in Russian); Kaykov TV clip (YouTube); Bukharian Jewish Link, Seva Kaplan interview.