Digital archive
Photographs, documents and recordings of Jewish life in Azerbaijan — each with its author, licence and review status.
12 items found
IllustrationNewspaper21 July 2026
At an event in Washington (not in Azerbaijan), the head of Baku’s Sephardic community listed what operates openly: a synagogue, school, kindergarten, mikveh, kosher services and a rabbinical court.
Newspaper15 April 2026
Baku’s Jewish community held a Holocaust remembrance ceremony. The report highlights the rescue of some 55,000 Jews who found refuge in Azerbaijan during the war.
Newspaper28 January 2025
Baku’s Jewish community held a commemoration for 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
Newspaper14 September 2021
The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress reported the opening of a mikveh (ritual bath) for Azerbaijan’s community. The item is listed in the community news feed on the EAJC site.
Photograph2021
White gates with two menorahs at the 1897 synagogue; the current status of the building is unconfirmed.
Photograph2019
The settlement seen from the hill: houses, the dry bed of the Qudyal river and the town of Quba beyond it.
Photograph2019
The brick facade of the museum building in Qırmızı Qəsəbə, photographed before the exhibition opened.
Newspaper19 August 2018
To cut costs, JDC sold the community centre it had opened in 2004; welfare programmes, including a seniors’ day centre, moved to smaller premises.
Photograph2018
The 1888 synagogue in Qırmızı Qəsəbə; the Museum of Mountain Jews opened in the building in 2020.
Photograph2013
The facade of the synagogue on Dilara Aliyeva Street, opened in 2003.
Photograph2013
The facade of the Ashkenazi synagogue in central Baku.
Photograph2002
A residential street with wooden balconies and a small tower — the earliest photograph in this archive.
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