Living traditions
Language
Juhuri (Judeo-Tat) still echoes in the town's homes and courtyards — a living link to a thousand years of Caucasus Jewish life.
Living traditions
Culture & everyday life
Language, food, faith and craft — the threads that have held this community together for centuries.
Living traditions
At the table
A warm cuisine of the Caucasus and the Jewish kitchen alike — rich stews, herbs, rice and fruit, and a table that is always open to guests.
Living traditions
Faith & festival
The rhythm of the Jewish year — Shabbat, the high holidays and weddings — fills the synagogues and brings the diaspora home.
Living traditions
Craft & carpets
The Quba region is famed for its carpets, and generations of the town's families worked as tanners, traders and craftsmen.
A model of tolerance
Across the river, Muslim Quba and Jewish Sloboda have lived side by side in peace for centuries — a relationship Azerbaijanis cite with pride as an example of the country's multic-confessional harmony.