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Ashkenazi and Georgian Synagogue, Baku, Azerbaijan
The Ashkenazi Synagogue in Baku (Bakı, באקו), Azerbaijan (אזרבייג'ן, Azərbaycan).
בית כנסת של האשכנזים בבאקו, אזרבייג'ן.
sinaqoq yəhudi in Bakı, Azərbaycan.
Description
The current Ashkenazi synagogue (built in 2008) is built on the site of an older synagogue. A former military depot in later Soviet times, the building was renovated back into a synagogue after the fall of the Soviet Union.
The building is home to the Chabad (Ashkenazi) minyan and is also the synagogue of the Georgian Jews. A small community consisting of both Georgian and Mountain Jews.
Sources
Interview with N. Nesimov, and M. Bekker.
Coordinates, pictures, and write-up provided by Arieh Scharnberg/Moreshet Adventures.