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butcher, and several classrooms in
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allocated a site in the western part of
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to Israel or the US. Between 1989 and 2002, all but 197 of the country's almost 15,000 Jews emigrated, largely to Israel. Those Jews who emigrated were stripped of their Tajik citizenship and no longer hold a connection to the country.
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synagogue was the last remaining synagogue in the country, and was actively being used for worship. However, the Tajik government ordered the local Jewish community to vacate the synagogue, which was going to be demolished for a new
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The new synagogue of
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