ukharian Queens, above all in the neighborhoods of Forest Hills and Rego Park but increasingly stretching across eastern Queens and into Nassau County, is a global center for the community, possibly with an estimated 40-50,000 people. The Bukharian Jewish Community Center off Queens Boulevard is an important hub, and organizations like the Bukharian Museum, The Association of Bukharian Jewish Youth "Achdut", and Club "Roshnoyi–Light", among others, are actively involved in cultural preservation efforts that include the language. There are also New York has working Bukhori-language poets and prose writers, as well as shashmaqom and other musicians, actors, and even comedians who create in the language. Queens College recently launched the first course on Bukharian History and Culture ever taught at an American university. Read more here.