Located on the Caspian Sea, the world's largest lake, Baku has everything you could ask for in a city vacation and that includes great kosher food and daily synagogue prayers - right in the heart of a secular Muslim state. The capital of Azerbaijan is a mix of East and West, Asia and Europe, historic and modern.
Just three hours from Tel Aviv with up to a dozen weekly flights, what more could you ask for? Mark and David report from Baku and dish up the highlights in their latest podcast.
This time:
- At 30,000 feet with Azerbaijan Airlines
- Baku, its food and fountains by night
- Suleyman the guide speaks magnificent Hebrew!
- It's got to be Chabad - meet Chief Rabbi Shneor Segal
- Take off my shoes when I go into shul?
- Who are the Mountain Jews?
- A kosher restaurant in the heart of the city
- The lowdown on how to get here, where to stay and what to eat
- Azerbaijan, the big picture
- Baku is very walkable
- The incredible Heydar Aliyev Center
- Is that an Israeli flag?
- Flames, Highland Park and what a view (yes, we know this is audio).
Mark and David were guests of theAzerbaijan Tourism BoardandAzerbaijan Airlines.
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