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A Jewish Cultural Center will be constructed in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku near the city’s main synagogue, Azerbaijani officials announced on Thursday. The center will include Jewish and Bible classes, a Sunday School for kids, classes in Hebrew, English and Juhuri, the ancient language of the Mountain Jews, as well as a kosher restaurant.

The Institute for Archaeological Seminars at Beit Guvrin invited families and children to visit Tel Maresha in Beit Guvrin, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Israel’s Lachish region.

Families visited Tel Maresha in Beit Guvrin, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Israel’s Lachish region.

The land upon which the center is to be constructed was gifted to the Jewish community by Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, who is also covering all building costs.The post Jewish

The biennial convention of the Conference of European Rabbis is scheduled to take place in Baku with about 500 rabbis expected to attend.

By Sivan Rahav-Meir Translated by Yehoshua Siskin Dogo Leitner passed away at the age of 93, Dogo from the famous falafel “operation.” Dogo (David) was a Holocaust survivor. What gave him strength on the death march in Auschwitz, he said, were the words his mother said to him before they parted: In the Land of […]

Historically, Azerbaijan is home to three distinct Jewish communities with the country devoid of antisemitism.The post Hundreds of rabbis to join conference in Azerbaijan as Jewish ties flourish appeared first

Analysis of charred remains of an ancient building have been analyzed with cutting-edge technology, providing clues as to the destruction of Jerusalem.

The Copper Scroll is part of the extraordinary cache of 1st Century documents first discovered in caves at Qumran, popularly known as the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Every mourner has heard well-meaning people say the wrong things. Instead of filling space with words, they should just be present.