Georgian Jews

While examining the existence of Georgian Jews in the Transcaucasian lands and their demographic, religious, socio-cultural situations in the geography they live in, different claims and observations of scientists are also included. In some studies, a group of ancestors of Georgian Jews, BC. It is claimed that they settled in Georgia during the Assyrian exile in 722. Some researchers also mention that Georgian Jews migrated to these lands with the Babylonian Exile. Jews living in Georgia experienced many exiles and political sanctions during the USSR period. These include being bought and sold as slaves. Georgian Jews adapted to social life very quickly after the independence of Georgia and the new rights offered to them, they established their own workers' unions-like structures, and they developed business areas that would offer job opportunities to their communities. During this time, the Jews of Georgia resisted the religious pressures on them and did not change their religion. In this study, researches on Georgian Jews, references made in the historical process, information in archive documents, newspaper news, interviews were evaluated according to academic methods. Today, Georgian Jews exist in Georgia as five separate groups: Georgian Jews, Mountain Jews, Sephardi, Ashkenazi and Habad Community. Keywords: Georgia, Georgian Jews, Mountain Jews, Sephardic, Ashkenazic, Habad.