Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Georgian Jewish Immigrants Stage Sit-in; Removed by Police

Police removed 25 Georgian Jewish immigrants–six families–from the Lydda Airport terminal yesterday after they staged a sit-in strike to protest against the flats offered them by the Absorption ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Tbilisi’s Jewish community is dwindling. Could an interfaith Peace Cathedral help save it?

A former warehouse houses a church, synagogue and mosque. Leaders hope it will cultivate a non-Orthodox Georgian Jewish community. TBILISI, Georgia (JTA) — A shofar blast, church bells and a Muslim ...
The Jewish Exponent

As Israeli Tourism to Georgia Has Boomed, These Israelis Have Put Down Roots in Tbilisi

TBILISI, Georgia — In the ancient land of khachapuri cheese bread and famous qvevri wine fermented in earthenware vessels, Danny Licht now offers a rival ethnic delicacy: falafel. Three years ago, the ...
The Forward

Tbilisi’s Jewish community is dwindling. Could an interfaith Peace Cathedral help save it?

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by Senior Writer Benyamin Cohen. TBILISI, Georgia ...