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Azerbaijan’s Sephardic Jewish community slams Mamdani’s Armenian genocide comments

JL;DR SUMMARY The Sephardic Jewish community in Baku, Azerbaijan has criticized New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for his comments linking Azerbaijan's recent actions in Nagorno-Karabakh to the Armenian genocide. 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 CommunityEric AdamsProtestsSephardic JewsArmeniaArmenian GenocideAzerbaijanNagorno KarabakhZohran MamdaniNew York City Politics

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Baku, Azerbaijan
"The Sephardic Jewish Community of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, slammed Mayor Zohran Mamdanis comments marking the 111th anniversary of the Armenian genocide last week."
Azerbaijan
"the more recent clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh."
New York, United States
"protecting Jewish New Yorkers when he was asked about Jewish criticism of his veto against a bill restricting protests around educational facilities during a press conference on Monday."

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