Georgian Jews

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Georgian Jews are a historic Jewish community from the country of Georgia, known for their distinct traditions, language influences, and long-standing presence in the Caucasus region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Georgian Jews canonical 7
Georgian Jewish rite 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish ethnic group ⓘ
ethno-religious group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gruzinim ⓘ
Kartveli Ebraelebi ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Georgia ⓘ
culturalTrait distinct liturgical melodies ⓘ
endogamous marriage patterns ⓘ
preservation of Hebrew for religious purposes ⓘ
strong communal solidarity ⓘ
use of Georgian language in daily life ⓘ
denomination Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
diasporaCenter Belgium ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
diasporaLanguage English (in Western countries) ⓘ
Hebrew (in Israel) ⓘ
Russian (in post-Soviet states) ⓘ
ethnicReligion Judaism ⓘ
heritage combination of Georgian and Jewish cultural elements ⓘ
historicalLanguageInfluence Aramaic ⓘ
Georgian ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
historicalPresenceSinceCentury Late Antiquity ⓘ
historicalRegion Colchis ⓘ
Iberia (ancient kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Iberia (ancient Georgian kingdom)
historicalStatus one of the oldest Jewish communities in the diaspora ⓘ
holiday Hanukkah ⓘ
Passover ⓘ
Rosh Hashanah ⓘ
Sukkot ⓘ
Yom Kippur ⓘ
integration high level of integration into Georgian society ⓘ
language Georgian ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
mainImmigrationWaveToIsrael 1970s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
maintains distinct synagogue networks in Israel ⓘ
separate communal institutions from Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ
majorSettlement Batumi ⓘ
Gori ⓘ
Kutaisi ⓘ
Oni ⓘ
Tbilisi ⓘ
nativeName ქართველი ებრაელები ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage ka ⓘ
partOf Jewish diaspora ⓘ
Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
recognizedAs national minority in Georgia ⓘ
region Caucasus ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ
Bukharan Jews ⓘ
Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
surface form: Kurdish Jews

Mountain Jews ⓘ
Sephardi Jews ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
religiousInstitution synagogue ⓘ
religiousLaw Halakha ⓘ
religiousLeadership rabbis ⓘ
ritualTradition distinct Passover traditions ⓘ
distinct synagogue customs ⓘ
unique wedding customs ⓘ
traditionalFoodInfluence Georgian cuisine ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Judeo-Georgian ⓘ
traditionalMusicInfluence Georgian folk music ⓘ
traditionalOccupation craftsmanship ⓘ
small-scale commerce ⓘ
trade ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mizrahi Jews → notableSubgroup → Georgian Jews ⓘ
Sephardi-Mizrahi prayer rite → hasVariant → Georgian Jews ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgian Jewish rite
Caucasian Jews → hasSubgroup → Georgian Jews ⓘ
Gruzinim → alsoKnownAs → Georgian Jews ⓘ
Kartveli Ebraelebi → alsoKnownAs → Georgian Jews ⓘ
Oni Synagogue → usedBy → Georgian Jews ⓘ
Jewish Israelis → subgroup → Georgian Jews ⓘ