Qırmızı Qəsəbə: a living town, not an open-air museum
The town on the Qudyal river, facing Quba, is one of the very few places outside Israel with a Jewish-majority population.
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History & culture
Essays on Qırmızı Qəsəbə, the Mountain Jews and Jewish Baku. Every text is based on public sources.
Mountain Jews and the Juhuri language
Juhuri is an Iranian language spoken for centuries by the Mountain Jews of the eastern Caucasus.
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Jewish Baku today
Mountain, Ashkenazi and Georgian Jews live in Baku, each community with its own synagogue and traditions.
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Oğuz: the heritage of a small community
The town of Oğuz (formerly Vartashen) preserves two historic synagogues and an old Jewish cemetery.
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Thematic sections with their own publication and verification rules.
Jewish cuisine of Azerbaijan
Dishes of Azerbaijan's Jewish communities as part of the archive: each record names the community, the occasion, the speaker and the source. Recipes and cooking live at The Kosher Table.
Lost synagogues
A catalogue of buildings that are gone or that serve another purpose today. We describe what a source confirms and state how reliable each reconstruction is.
Digital archive
Photographs, documents and recordings of Jewish life in Azerbaijan — each with its author, licence and review status.
Family stories
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We collect memories, photos and recordings in Juhuri. We publish only with the family’s consent and with credit.
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