Jews in the former Soviet Union eat pounds of matzah per person — the most in the world — every year. Here’s why. The Passover food, which used to be unavailable under communism, was for many the only link to their people’s faith and culture. By Cnaan Liphshiz March 26, 2021 12:46 pm
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. March 19, 2021 1:45 pm
‘A Christian cannot be an anti-Semite,’ Pope Francis tells Jewish delegation at Vatican The pope for the first time at the Vatican received delegates from the World Congress of Mountain Jews. November 6, 2018 8:50 am
Azerbaijan’s Mountain Jews museum is part of a dying community’s rescue plan By Cnaan Liphshiz August 20, 2018 1:15 pm
The sale of Azerbaijan’s Jewish community center deals a painful blow to a dwindling community By Cnaan Liphshiz August 14, 2018 4:18 pm