Quiz: How Well Do You Know the Bukharian Landmarks on This Year’s Open House Jerusalem Map?

Test what you know about the Bukharian landmarks open to the public in Jerusalem this month. Every answer comes from the official Open House Jerusalem 2026 program, the iTravelJerusalem tour listing or Kaykov TV’s published episode description.

1. Open House Jerusalem 2026 is the festival’s…

• A) 5th year
• B) 10th year
• C) 18th year
• D) 25th year

2. Beit Yehudayoff on HaBukharim Street is also known as…

• A) The Silk House
• B) The Messiah’s Palace
• C) The Samarkand Court
• D) The Merchant’s Tower

3. According to the festival program, what operates in Beit Yehudayoff today?

• A) A museum
• B) A hotel
• C) A Haredi girls’ school
• D) A bank branch

4. Who built the 1908 Sephardic Orphanage building off Jaffa Road?

• A) The Borochoff brothers and the Issacharoff family, from Bukhara
• B) The Ottoman municipality
• C) The British Mandate government
• D) A Samarkand textile company

5. In the Mussayoff compound on Jaffa Road, one building housed the family and another a synagogue. What was in the third?

• A) A printing press
• B) The “Kupat Am” bank
• C) A school
• D) A bakery

6. On what date was Kaykov TV’s full interview with Rabbi Shlomo Nisanov recorded?

• A) Sept. 28, 2026
• B) Oct. 7, 2026
• C) Oct. 16, 2026
• D) Oct. 19, 2026

Answers

• 1 – C. The program says the festival is being held in Jerusalem for the 18th year.
• 2 – B. The program calls the two-story Italian-villa-style house the “Messiah’s Palace.”
• 3 – C. The tour traces the house from the Bukharian merchant who built it, through a Turkish headquarters, to the Haredi girls’ school there today.
• 4 – A. The program says the Borochoff brothers and the Issacharoff family, who came from Bukhara, built it as a home for orphaned Sephardic children.
• 5 – B. The program lists the family home, a synagogue and the “Kupat Am” bank.
• 6 – B. Kaykov TV says the conversation was recorded on Oct. 7, 2026. The full episode premieres Monday, Oct. 19.

Sources: Open House Jerusalem 2026 official program (PDF); iTravelJerusalem tour listing; Kaykov TV episode description.