(JNS) A conference of European rabbis that will be held in Azerbaijan next month has sparked a divisive debate among European Jewish student groups and Azerbaijani Jewish leadership over the venue due to the recent developments in the Caucasus. The divisions within the Jewish community over holding the biennial convention of the Conference […]
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