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Georgian Jews ქართველი ებრაელები
Total population
250,000
Regions with significant populations
Israel
200,000
United States
10,000
Georgia
1,405 (not including Abkhazia or South Ossetia)
Belgium
1,200
Austria
800
Azerbaijan
500
Russia
14[1]
Languages
Hebrew, Georgian (Judaeo-Georgian), English, Russian
Religion
Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Georgians, other Jews Especially Iraqi Jews and Persian Jews
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The Georgian Jews (Georgian: ქართველი ებრაელები, romanized:kartveli ebraelebi) are a community of Jews who migrated to Georgia during the Babylonian captivity in the 6th century BCE.[2] It is one of the oldest communities in the region. They are also widely distinguished[citation needed] from the Ashkenazi Jews in Georgia, who arrived following the Russian annexation of Georgia.
Prior to Georgia's annexation by the Russian Empire in 1801, the 2,600-year history of the Georgian Jews was marked by an almost total absence of antisemitism and a visible assimilation in the Georgian language and culture.[3] The Georgian Jews were considered ethnically and culturally distinct from neighboring Mountain Jews.[4]
As a result of a major emigration wave in the 1990s, the vast majority of Georgian Jews now live in Israel, with the world's largest community living in the city of Ashdod.
^"All-Russian population census 2020". rosstat.gov.ru. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
^The Wellspring of Georgian Historiography: The Early Medieval Historical Chronicle The Conversion of Katli and The Life of St. Nino, Constantine B. Lerner, England: Bennett and Bloom, London, 2004, p. 60
^Forget Atlanta - this is the Georgia on my mind By Jewish Discoveries and Harry D. Wall Feb. 7, 2015, Haaretz
^Mountain Jews: customs and daily life in the Caucasus, Leʼah Miḳdash-Shemaʻʼilov, Liya Mikdash-Shamailov, Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem), UPNE, 2002, page 9
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community had its own quarter. The history of the Jews in Georgia is over 2,500 years old. GeorgianJews (Georgian: ქართველი ებრაელები, romanized: kartveli ebraelebi)...
Georgian mafia (Georgian: ქართული მაფია, romanized: kartuli mapia) is regarded as one of the biggest, most powerful, dangerous and influential criminal...
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