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 Using Joan Roth as a source for Bukharan history 

The website of photographer Joan Roth is being used as a source for the assertion that the Bukharans are Jews whose ancestors did not return from the Babylonian captivity.  I humbly submit that while Joan Roth may be an expert photographer, she is not an expert historian.  If someone wants to use her as a history source, email her (I'd do it myself, but I don't have time presently) at JoanLRoth@aol.com, and ask her for her sources for her assertion.  If those sources are found to be sound historically, then they can be used as reliable sources.  In the meanwhile, notice that the Jewish Encyclopedia clearly indicates that no history of the community is reliably known prior to less than a millennium ago.  talk "