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The Jews of Georgia: A Diverse and Ancient Community in the Caucasus

Hosted By: Qesher

Travel with us to the Caucasus Mountains and get acquainted with a diverse Jewish world, one that still sings in Georgian, Yiddish, Ladino and Jukhuri. All these languages were spoken by Georgia’s Jewish communities, something which made the country one of the most unique locations in the Jewish world. 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.

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Lasha Shakulashvili

Lasha Shakulashvili was born in one of the most multicultural and multi-faith cities of the world - Tbilisi (Georgia). With a PHD in Jewish Studies, he is currently studying Yiddish at Oxford. Lasha has worked for the Permanent Mission of Georgia to the UN and holds the EU supported prize on diversity reporting.
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Qesher

There are Jewish communities all around the globe with their own unique history, culture, places, and most of all, people and stories. All of them different, but sharing so much. The aim of Qesher is to connect these different Jewish traditions, not just to know of each other, but to learn about each other. We believe that there is great value in creating a deeper understanding within the Jewish world and exploring Jewish experiences and identities in all their diversity.
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