Re: Afghani-Jewish and in NY?

[Marvin <physchem...>]

There was an article on this community of Bukharin Jews in the NY Times 2 or
3 weeks ago, with information on their music and performers.  Check the
Times' archives to view the article.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shayna Silverstein" <shaynasilverstein (at) hotmail(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 11:45 AM
Subject: Afghani-Jewish and in NY?


> Hello all,
>
> Greetings to everyone and much appreciation for your thoughts that I've
been
> following for some time now.  I've met some of you around KlezKamp,
> KlezKanada, NYC, ...
> On the subject of Afghani music, I asked around work (Silk Road Project-
> check out for new and traditional music from Central Asia and the former
> Silk Road trade routes, www.silkroadproject.org) and retrieved the
following
> story from musicologist Ted Levin.
>
> He doesn't know of details on Afghani-Jewish music per se, but through his
> journeys in Queens, NY has heard the chanting of a chazzan from outside
> Mazar-e Sharif.  This city and region have historical implications in that
> Alexander the Great marched through there, are the birthplace of
Zoroastor,
> and were at one point home to a large Jewish community.  Both Mazar-e
Sharif
> and Baghlan (to the east) were also points along the Silk Road.  Migration
> flow happened in the 20th century and this particular person came to NY
> while others went to Bukhara, Turkey, Iran....this particular chazzan's
> chanting sounds Persian to some extent and differs from the music of
> Bukharan Jews of Central Asia (a number of whom are also in Queens).
>
> That's all the story for today.
> Shayna Silverstein
>
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