• A Caspian welcome to Baku, Azerbaijan

  • Jun 24 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
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A Caspian welcome to Baku, Azerbaijan

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  • The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 84

    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)
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