No pickles, no shankbone, no cemetery visits: Central Asian Mountain Jews try to preserve centuries-old Passover traditions An organization is working to catalog the traditions of the holiday they call “Nisonu” in Juhuri, their ancient and dying Farsi-based Jewish language.
In Azerbaijan, patriotic Jewish soldiers are poster children of the war with Armenia David Sadiyev, who volunteered on the front lines of last year’s conflict, is a darling of the government-controlled media, which seeks to telegraph a message of tolerance.
Yaalon makes surprise visit to Azerbaijan, first by Israeli defense minister Moshe Yaalon became the first Israeli defense minister to visit the central Asian country of Azerbaijan.
