Jura Abaev once led one of Tajikistan’s oldest Jewish communities.

The twilight of the once-great communities of the Silk Road.

Zebulon Simentov is still selling kosher kebabs in Kabul.

Some of the oldest examples were found in China.

A merchant, a street-brawler, and a Jew—and proud of all three.

A writer takes a Jewish “heritage tour” through Central Europe.