Tagged Mountain Jews

Jewish shtetl in Azerbaijan survives amid Muslim majority
September 4, 2013 / Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA

KRASNAIYA SLOBODA, Azerbaijan (JTA) — Even at 70, Yedidia Yehuda can negotiate a narrow mountain path in northern Azerbaijan with a confidence easily mistaken for carelessness. “You take care not to fall yourself and don’t worry about me,” he tells a visitor following him toward a small town on… Read more »