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Azeri Jews
In this Feb. 19, 2016, file photo, The Trump International Hotel, the highest building, is seen in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Aida Sultanova, File)
March 11, 2019, 7:50 pm
First kosher restaurant set to open in Azerbaijan
New eatery in Jewish area in central Baku will combine Azeri cuisine with Middle Eastern Israeli dishes
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Arnold Zeligman, left, teaching Hebrew to Bella Regimov, wearing head cover, and other students at The Jewish House in Baku, Azerbaijan, July 18, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
August 19, 2018, 2:41 am
Sale of Azerbaijan’s Jewish center is a painful blow to a dwindling community
As a shrinking population forces the JDC to consolidate resources, the seniors who use the facility ask if it’s worth the savings to deprive a cohort that will soon be gone anyway
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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