meat broth. Samsa, pastries filled with spiced meat or vegetables, are baked in a unique, hollowed out tandoor oven, and greatly resemble the preparation and shape of Indian samosas. The Bukharians' Jewish identity was always preserved in the kitchen. "Even though we were in exile from Jerusalem, we observed kashruth," said Isak Masturov, another owner of Cheburechnaya. "We could not go to restaurants, so we had to learn to cook for our own community. Plov is a very popular slow-cooked rice dish spiced with cumin and containing carrots, and in some varieties, chick peas or raisins, and often topped with beef or lamb. Another popular dish is baksh which consists of rice, beef and liver cut into small cubes, with cilantro, which adds a shade of green to the rice once it's been cooked. Most Bukharan Jewish communities still produce their traditional breads including non (lepyoshka in Russian), a circular bread with a flat center that has multiple pattern of designs, topped with black and regular sesame seeds, and the other, called non toki, bears the dry and crusty features of traditional Jewish matzah, but with a distinctly wheatier taste. After Sabbath synagogue service, Bukharan Jews often eat steamed eggs and sweet potatoes followed by a dish of fish such as carp. Next comes the main meal called oshesvo. Genetics A 2013 genetic study of multiple Jewish groups, including Bukharan Jews, found that Bukharan Jews clustered closely with Jewish communities from the Middle East and the Caucasus such as Iranian Jews, Mountain Jews, Georgian Jews, Kurdish Jews and Iraqi Jews, as well as other Middle Eastern and West Asian people including Kurds, Iranians, Armenians, Syrians, Druze and others; and did not cluster with their former neighbours. Notable Bukharan Jews Afghanistan Zablon Simintov – only remaining Jew in Afghanistan United Kingdom Yvonne Green (née Mammon) – poet and translator Anthony Yadgaroff – British businessman, Jewish community leader Israel Yisrael Aharoni – Israeli chef and restaurateur Yoni Ben-Menachem – Israeli journalist; General Director of Israel Broadcasting Authority Amnon Cohen – Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Shas Guy Haimov – professional football player Shimon Hakham – Bukharan-Israeli rabbi, writer, one of the founders of the Bukharan Quarter Robert Ilatov – Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu Avi Issacharoff – Israeli journalist and creator of the series Fauda Lev Leviev – billionaire businessman, investor, philanthropist, president of