Hundreds of people celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Great Synagogue in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. Tuesday’s celebration in Tbilisi was the centerpiece of a festival of Georgian-Jewish friendship, held under the auspices of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.
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