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December 14, 2021 Azerbaijan to commemorate International Holocaust Day

The Jerusalem Post By: Jeremy Sharon December 14, 2021 Azerbaijan will become one of only a handful of Muslim-majority countries to mark the day. Azerbaijan will for the first time mark International Holocaust Day on January 27, becoming one of only a handful of Muslim-majority countries to commemorate the day. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev […]

Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban attend the opening of the Chabad Ohr Avner school, Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 4, 2010. (Wikimedia Commons)

December 11, 2021 An interfaith miracle in Azerbaijan

Arab News By: Rabbi Marc Schneier December 11, 2021 In an era of unprecedented Jewish-Muslim breakthroughs, it takes a lot to surprise. Yet President Ilham Aliyev did just that last week when I met him in Baku, taking several groundbreaking actions to foster the long-term success of Azerbaijan’s Jewish community — the largest in the […]