News
A digest of reporting on Azerbaijan’s community. We summarise in our own words and link to the original.
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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.
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.
Event date: The event took place “earlier this week”; the source gives no exact date.
Baku’s Jewish community held a commemoration for 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
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.
To cut costs, JDC sold the community centre it had opened in 2004; welfare programmes, including a seniors’ day centre, moved to smaller premises.