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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

Georgia

Reporter's notebook
In Georgia, a 23-year-old maintains a venerable synagogue, the last remnant of his community
By Sofia Poznansky
Soviet repression caused most Georgian Jews to flee, leaving behind a 2,500-year-old history whose memory is beginning to fade. In his village, one young man seeks to preserve it
Beniamin Levishvili, 23, is the gabbai of the ancient synagogue in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia. His late father Simon and grandfather Ioseb Levishvili held the position before him. (Sofia Poznansky)
April 18, 2025, 8:23 am
In Georgia, a 23-year-old maintains a venerable synagogue, the last remnant of his community
Soviet repression caused most Georgian Jews to flee, leaving behind a 2,500-year-old history whose memory is beginning to fade. In his village, one young man seeks to preserve it
By Sofia Poznansky
Rabbi Shneor Segal speaks at a conference on Jewish heritage at the Azerbaijan University of Languages, August 30, 2023. (Screenshot/Dahan Center via YouTube/Peleg Levy)
April 5, 2025, 7:54 pm
Iran enlisted drug trafficker in failed plot to kill Azerbaijan rabbi — report
Washington Post says Rabbi Shenor Segal was target of Iranian plot, had $200,000 placed on his head; Segal says he only learned of matter through media, still feels safe
By ToI Staff
Anti-government demonstrators protest against the Georgian government's postponement of European Union accession talks until 2028, outside the parliament in central Tbilisi on December 31, 2024. (Giorgi ARJEVANIDZE / AFP)
February 27, 2025, 10:02 pm
Israel’s Cellebrite to sell Georgia data extraction tech amid protester crackdown
Firm selling tool that gives police ‘lawful’ access to phones despite expressing concerns about sales being held up as Tbilisi fights off anti-government demonstrators
By Lucy Papachristou
Mikheil Kavelashvili reacts after being elected as Georgian's new president at the parliament in Tbilisi on December 14, 2024. (Vano Shlamov/AFP)
December 14, 2024, 7:15 pm
Georgia lawmakers elect hardline critic of West as new president
Former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili leads pro-Russian splinter group, concerning protesters who have warned against attempt to ‘bring Georgia back to its Soviet roots’
By felix light
Kandiss Taylor, GOP Chair of Georgia's 1st Congressional District, in an episode of her podcast, "Jesus, Guns and Babies". (Screenshot)
August 28, 2024, 8:52 am
Republican party official in Georgia says Jewish lobby ‘controlling everything’
Kandiss Taylor, local party chair, makes comment in interview with Holocaust denier Stew Peters; Taylor says in statement she opposes antisemitism, does not address comments
By Jackie Hajdenberg
People pass by a flag on the wall in Baku, Azerbaijan, Monday, February 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
August 12, 2024, 10:34 am
IDF places limitations on soldiers’ travel abroad amid fears of Iranian attack
Air Force bars career officers, NCOs from traveling, as army said to order any servicemembers in Georgia, Azerbaijan to leave
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Palestinian flag is displayed outside a tent at an anti-Israel protest encampment on the UCLA campus, April 26, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
August 8, 2024, 11:52 pm
University of Georgia panel upholds sanctions for 6 students over Gaza war protest
US students to remain suspended through fall semester, on probation until graduation; protesters ‘chose to be arrested’ by breaking the rules, admins said in May, drawing backlash
By AP
Illustrative: A man walks by school bus with Yiddish signage in Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York City, January 1, 2014. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
July 17, 2024, 4:17 am
Neo-Nazi known as ‘Commander Butcher’ charged for plot to poison Jewish kids in NYC
US federal prosecutors accuse Georgian national who heads an extremist group called ‘Maniac Murder Cult’ of conspiring to hand out poisoned candy to minorities, including Jews
By Luke Tress
From left: Gallery owner Rita Licht; Itsik Moshe, president of the Israel-Georgia Chamber of Business; Daniel Licht, who runs Ashkara Falafel; architect Ilana Slutsky; and jewelry designer Mikhail Gilichinski all gather at the Licht home in Tbilisi to enjoy a Shabbat afternoon with fellow Israelis. (Larry Luxner via JTA)
June 26, 2024, 6:47 am
As Israeli tourism to Georgia has boomed, these Israelis have put down roots in Tbilisi
Frustrated with Israel’s prices, politics and worsening security situation, hundreds of Sabras seek a new promised land – but they may have left one divided country for another
By Larry Luxner
Trio Mandili. (Courtesy)
June 1, 2024, 8:28 am
Georgian stars Trio Mandili to perform throughout Israel in show of post-Oct. 7 support
Virally popular threesome of women singers, considered their country’s best-known musical export, to also put on charity concert for displaced Israelis while touring June 4-8
By Gavriel Fiske
Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar speaks to WMGT TV in August 28, 2023 (WMGT 41/YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 3, 2024, 8:49 pm
North Carolina man charged with mailing antisemitic threat to Georgia rabbi
Man could face up to five years in prison after mailing postcard with Nazi references to Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar that included the words ‘Jews are rats’
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative. In vitro fertilization (IVF) of an egg cell. (iStock by Getty Images/ man_at_mouse)
March 18, 2024, 2:24 pm
Israeli IVF clinics imported embryos with serious genetic disease, probe reveals
Medical staff reportedly implanted embryos afflicted with hemophilia in several hopeful mothers, in latest revelation in series of Israeli IVF scandals
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Mike Collins participates in Georgia's 10th Congressional District republican primary election runoff debates on June 6, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
March 5, 2024, 6:43 am
GOP congressman says critics misinterpreted his seeming backing of antisemitic post
After criticism, Georgia’s Mike Collins says he wasn’t endorsing message that identified journalist as Jewish but the article shared in the post criticizing her as soft on crime
By Ron Kampeas
David Lubin, in the light blue shirt, attends the funeral of his daughter Rose Elisheva Lubin at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on November 9, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 28, 2024, 2:15 am
Father of lone soldier killed in Jerusalem stabbing attack runs for Georgia state Senate
David Lubin is challenging incumbent progressive democrat Sen. Sally Harrell after she failed to back the state’s adoption of the IHRA antisemitism definition
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signs the antisemitism bill HB 30 at the Capitol in Atlanta, on January 31, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
February 1, 2024, 2:29 am
Georgia governor signs bill codifying IHRA definition of antisemitism in state law
Sponsor of law predicts it will withstand expected legal challenges, as opponents express concern it could hamper Israel criticism
By Jeff Amy
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