Posts Tagged: Azerbaijan Jews
Israel, Azerbaijan Strengthen Strategic Alliance With Gas Exploration Deal Signing in Jerusalem
Israel and Azerbaijan strengthened their strategic alliance on Monday as Azerbaijan's state oil company, SOCAR, signed a gas exploration license agreement in Jerusalem. The agreement, expected...
Defying Geography: The Israel-Azerbaijan Partnership
Fighting in July between Armenia and Azerbaijan caused many casualties along the border, and the governments of the region fear an escalation to the scale...
Generations of Survivors: From Auschwitz to Khojaly
My recent book Khojaly: A Crime Against Humanity, outlines the history of the Khojaly Massacre -- one of the most horrific events of recent history. The story of the...
Pope Francis to Meet With Jewish Community in Azerbaijan
JNS.org - Pope Francis will meet with interfaith leaders on a visit to Georgia and Azerbaijan, two Caucasus region nations that were part of the former Soviet...
Why Karabakh Matters to Azerbaijanis
JNS.org - Azerbaijan. So in following the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, you have been asked to pay attention to that little country on the Caspian Sea. An ancient...
A Memorial For a Jew in a Muslim Land: A True Story
The Martyrs' Lane in Baku, Azerbaijan, begins as an ascending walkway of white stone. Visitors and mourners pass rows of shiny, polished walls, ensconced with...
A Memorial for a Jew in a Muslim Land: A True Story That Serves to Inspire
The Martyrs' Lane in Baku, Azerbaijan, begins as an ascending walkway of white stone. Visitors and mourners pass rows of shiny, polished walls, ensconced with...
The Holocaust and the Khojaly Massacre ‘Through the Eyes of Contemporaries’
JNS.org - To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day and remember another notorious event that would come nearly 50 years after the Holocaust, the Baku International Center...
Azerbaijan: A Muslim Nation Against Antisemitism
As 2015 came to a close, I found myself in Baku, Azerbaijan, because I wanted to better understand and appreciate the country's friendship with Israel and the United States. Thinking...
Jewish Life in Azerbaijan Embodies Muslim-Majority Nation’s Culture of Tolerance
JNS.org - At a time when, due to rampant antisemitism, thousands of Jews are leaving France, the United Kingdom, and other countries in Europe, there is...
