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According to the 1897 Russian Empire Census, there were 12,194 people whose native language was "Jewish" in the two provinces that largely covered today's Georgia: Tiflis Governorate (5,188) and Kutais Governorate (7,006). There were 3,419 Jews in Kutaisi city (10.5% of the population), 2,935 in Tiflis, 1,064 in Batumi.
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- 200,000
- 1,405 (not including Abkhazia or South Ossetia)
- 10,000
Jan 28, 2023 · “Historically the nation of Israel consisted of 12 tribes, however today the Jewish people primarily descend from the Kingdom of Judea, which only consisted of two-and-a-half tribes: Yehuda,...
Nov 10, 2022 · From its peak of 100,000 members, today the Georgian Jewish population comprises only a few thousand people, after the majority immigrated to Israel, United States and Belgium. Travel to the Caucasus Mountains and get acquainted with a diverse Jewish world, one that still sings in Georgian, Yiddish, Ladino and Jukhuri.
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- November 10, 2022
Feb 20, 2022 · In fact, Georgia has one of the oldest surviving diaspora Jewish communities, the first arriving after Nebuchadnezzar’s conquest of Jerusalem in 586BCE and exile in Babylon. Archaeological...
- Rupert Parker
Rabbi R. A. Belzer tells the story of the arrival of Georgia’s first Jewish settlers. The city of Savannah can boast that it is the home of Congregation Mickve Israel, Georgia’s oldest Jewish congregation and the third oldest in the country.
The history of the Jews in Atlanta began in the early years of the city's settlement, and the Jewish community continues to grow today. In its early decades, the Jewish community was largely made up of German Jewish immigrants who quickly assimilated and were active in broader Atlanta society. As with the rest of Atlanta, the Jewish community ...
Sep 15, 2022 · Many descendants of Georgia’s Jews, now living in Israel, the United States, Canada and Russia, regularly send the Georgian Jewish community money to ensure that the local Ashkenazi Jewish...