Azerbaijan: Minister of Aliyah and Integration Holds Special Visit Interrupted by Outbreak of War

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Azerbaijan: Minister of Aliyah and Integration Holds Special Visit Interrupted by Outbreak of War

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Jewish Youth Seminar in Baku Inspires Amid Regional Tensions. Students from Across Azerbaijan Gather for Shabbaton with Chabad and Israeli Leaders; Event Dedicated to Israel’s Security • Full Story

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5 months ago

Miracle in Azerbaijan: Iranian Assassination Plot Against Jewish Leader Foiled, Two Arrested

Azerbaijan Jewish community. (photo credit: Courtesy Baku Jewish Community)

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Azerbaijani security services have successfully uncovered and thwarted an Iranian assassination plot targeting a prominent figure in the local Jewish community, known for fostering Azerbaijan-Israel relations. In what can only be described as a miracle, the plot was foiled just in time, with the suspects arrested before the assassination could be carried out • Full Story

Europe

2 years ago

Dozens of Prominent Rabbis Condemn Armenian Leaders for Using Holocaust Rhetoric

Credit: RCE

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group of 50 senior leading European Rabbis have signed a joint letter condemning the leaders of Armenia for using holocaust rhetoric in its campaign against its neighbor, Azerbaijan. “Expressions such as ‘ghetto’, ‘genocide’, ‘holocaust’ and others are (…) inappropriate to be part of the jargon used in any kind of political disagreement” • Full Story

Azerbaijan

2 years ago

Azerbaijani President Aliyev is Laying the Foundations of Friendship with Israel and Jews

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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, as the secular leader of the country, he is the one who openly said that close friendship with Jews is the «Azerbaijani way of life. Because of that and because of his unwavering policy of strategic cooperation with Israel, the Iranian regime personally threatened him, calling him “Rabbi Ilham Alef” and publishing antisemitic caricatures depicting Aliyev as a Jew • Full Story

Azerbaijan

2 years ago

Uplifting Shabbos for the Jewish Community of ‘Krasnaya Sloboda’ Azerbaijan

Photos by: Mevaser tov Moscow

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The Jewish community in the Caucasus witnessed a remarkable and inspiring Shabbaton attended and led by the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar, and the prominent Zaharyaev family • Full Story, Photos

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2 years ago

Historic Event Unites 230 European Bar Mitzvah Boys in Israel

Photos By Mendi Kurant

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A historic event of 230 Bar Mitzvah boys hailing from across Europe, celebrated their Bar Mitzvah in Israel at a magnificent event held by the Rabbinical Cener of Europe (RCE) • Full Story, Photos