Tsvaygenbaum's mother was born in the Soviet Union; she is a Mountain Jew.

His family were Mountain Jews from the Caucasus region.

The Mountain Jews survived numerous historical vicissitudes by settling in extremely remote and mountainous areas.

The Mountain Jews maintained a strong military tradition.

They have been identified as separate communities, such as the Mountain Jews.

The village was established in 1981 by Mountain Jews from the Caucasus.

A male Mountain Jew, like all men of the Caucasus, wore a dagger as a personal weapon.

Some Mountain Jews started to register themselves as Tats because of secret pressure from the authorities.

As a result of this the words Tat and Mountain Jew became almost synonymous.

The term "Tat" was used in research literature as the second or even first name for Mountain Jews.