Chala (Jews)
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Chala (Jews)
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- See disambiguation page Challa for more meanings of the word. Chala is an Uzbek term meaning "neither this nor that," referring to Bukharan Jews who were coerced into converting to Islam from the late eighteenth century onwards. In response, these Chala Jews outwardly practiced Islam, but secretly retained their Jewish traditions. These crypto-Jews married among themselves and lived in their own separate neighborhoods that bordered on existing Jewish neighborhoods. The Chala Jews carry a very
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2008-07-14T18:41:23Z
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2024-09-04T03:26:13Z
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