She sings mournfully for hours in Juhuri, a dying Jewish language made up of Farsi and Hebrew with Aramaic and Turkic influences that is spoken only by the Mountain Jews of the Caucasus.
A Mountain Jewish singer has been chosen to represent the Muslim country of Azerbaijan in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Asaf (Sefael) Mishiev will be performing as part of his Baku-based ...
(JTA) – Fifty miles southeast of Eugene, Oregon, reaching an elevation of more than 4,000 feet, lies Swastika Mountain. It’s unknown how many Jews have climbed it. But the unfortunate name ...