Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: The Jews of Turkmenistan

Last week we shared a video by world traveler Drew Goldberg, who goes by the name Drew Binsky when he travels. 

Binsky is close to achieving his goal of visiting each of the 193 countries recognized by the United Nations. In just a few months, the 28-year-old will have done it. 
It started when he spent part of his college junior year in Prague after a Birthright trip to Israel. Then he got hooked on travel and never stopped.

Today we're going along for the ride as Drew pays a visit to Turkmenistan, where he encounters Olga, who with her family tries to maintain Jewish traditions in the Muslim country, which has shared borders with Iran, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan, and which is friendly to all religions.

Enjoy!

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