MEMORIES OF GEORGIAN JEWS ABOUT GEORGIANS AND GEORGIA IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATIVE MEMORY

Abstract

Georgian Jews has been closely connected with our country since immemorial time (26 centuries) and actively participated in all spheres of public life. It is worth noting the fact that the cultural memory of the Jewish people in general is determined by mobility, that is it has always been based on the principle of extraterritoriality. This moment also came in the history of the Georgian Jewish community, when after centuries they left their homeland, Georgia and moved to their historical homeland, Israel. In connection with this event, the communicative memory of Georgians and Jews acquires special importance in order not to be erased and forgotten the details of unknown facts of the centuries-old relations between these two peoples. Being in an emotional relationship with the past, memories that already belong to history, as a historical source are valued not only by facts, but also by an unmistakable picture of socio-psychological relations.

This article is based on the narrative material obtained by our working group in the Kingdom of Belgium in September 2024, namely, the memories of Georgian Jews about Georgia and Georgians, living in the city of Antwerp.

            The mentioned research once again shows the objective and subjective reasons that contributed to the high degree of integration of the Jewish ethnic group in Georgia and the goodwill of the Georgian society towards it.

Key words: Communicative Memory; Antwerp; Israel; Jewish Community.