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Azerbaijan Is Represented by an Awesome Jewish Contestant in the 2025 Eurovision

JL;DR SUMMARY Asaf (Sefael) Mishiyev, a Mountain Jew from Azerbaijan, will represent the country at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest with his band, Mamagama. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CultureJewish Muslim RelationsAzerbaijanEurovisionMountain JewsMamagamaAsaf MishiyevRed VillageGlobal Music

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Baku, Azerbaijan
"Mishiyev, 33, grew up in Baku, but comes from Red Village Mountain Jewish community, a 300-year-old Jewish community that has been dubbed by some as Europes last living shtetl."
Israel
"He's also cheered on Yuval Raphael, Israels Eurovision contestant this year, who is a Nova Festival survivor."

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