At the kindergarten in Tbilisi’s Jewish Community House, children learn Jewish traditions and ethics from a young age, including the fundamental value of Tzedakah, or charity.
photo: Zhanna Veyts / JDC
At the start of the New Year, students young and old crowd into the library to begin weekly Hebrew lessons. Classes in English, Computers, and Jewish History are also offered at the Jewish Community House.
photo: Zhanna Veyts / JDC
Young adults eager to get a leg up in the competitive job market take Computer and English classes offered at the Jewish Community House. Equipping community members with the skills to become self-sustaining and support their families is a pillar of the Center’s activities.
photo: Zhanna Veyts / JDC
A new mother comes to the Hesed social welfare center in need of basic assistance such as baby food and diapers. Through an emergency relief program, families can also get help to cover rising medical costs, critical household repairs, and utility payments in the winter months.
photo: Zhanna Veyts / JDC
A food card program provides a monthly stipend to help families and the unemployed offset the spike in food costs. Families overwhelmed by the rising costs of housing, utilities, and basic goods are no longer able to make ends meet on a single income and turn to the community for much-needed help.
photo: Zhanna Veyts / JDC
At the Day Center, elderly community members come together regularly for talks on Jewish culture, traditions, and history, to make arts and crafts projects, and to celebrate holidays together. For many who live alone, this is a learning space, a warm place for a hot meal, and a refuge from isolation.
photo: Zhanna Veyts / JDC
Home care workers like Laura assist needy, often homebound elderly with bathing, cooking, house cleaning, laundry, and a personal connection to the community. Through the Meals-on-Wheels program JDC ensures even the most isolated and bedbound receive hot food 6 times throughout the week.
photo: Zhanna Veyts / JDC
Initiated by JDC in Tbilisi, the local Hillel brings together young people from across the country for Shabbatons, holidays, and Jewish-themed recreational activities. From Movie-mania to volunteering with elderly in need, the youth create their own programs here, ensuring the next generation continues to be engaged and give back to their community, too.
photo: Zhanna Veyts / JDC
Welcome to the Jewish Community House in Tbilisi, Georgia. The heart of Jewish life in this capital, here you’ll find Jewish learning activities for young and old, as well as vital assistance offered to the community’s most vulnerable. With JDC support, the Community House provides aid to struggling families and seniors, including food cards, medicine, and winter relief to help keep homes warm through the cold season. The multi-floor facility includes a Hesed social welfare center, a Day Center for the elderly, a kindergarten, a Jewish library, a medical area to rent rehabilitation equipment, and a variety of programs that bring community members together for education, recreation, and joint holiday celebrations throughout the year.
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