Jews in Georgia

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:country gptkb:Georgia
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:Judeo-Georgian_language
gptkb:Georgian-Jewish_cuisine
synagogues
Jewish cemeteries
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:emigration_reason Orthodox Judaism
economic opportunity
collapse of the Soviet Union
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:World_War_II
Soviet era
Russian Empire period
gptkbp:historicalPresence 6th century CE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jews in Georgia
gptkbp:immigrationWave 1970s-1990s
gptkbp:integration high degree with Georgian society
gptkbp:intermarriage historically low rates
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Russian
gptkb:Judeo-Georgian
Georgian
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Tbilisi
gptkb:Batumi
gptkb:Kutaisi
gptkb:Oni
gptkbp:notableEvent preservation of Jewish identity
mass emigration to Israel after 1970
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Oni_Synagogue
gptkb:Great_Synagogue_of_Tbilisi
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Michael_Arad
gptkb:David_Baazov
gptkb:Gavriel_Yakobashvili
gptkb:Yitzhak_Mirilashvili
gptkb:Yosef_Mendelevich
gptkb:Mikhael_Mirilashvili
gptkb:Tamir_Sapir
gptkb:Yosef_Shagal
Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (visited)
gptkbp:organization gptkb:Chabad-Lubavitch_of_Georgia
gptkb:Jewish_Community_of_Georgia
Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (member)
gptkbp:persecutedBy rare in Georgian history
gptkbp:population approximately 3,000 (2020s)
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Ashkenazi_Jews
gptkb:Sephardi_Jews
gptkb:Mountain_Jews
gptkb:Georgians
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:status recognized minority in Georgia
gptkbp:tradition distinct Judeo-Georgian customs
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Azerbaijani_Jews
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6