China Expands into the Levant—and Improves Its Ties to Israel’s Adversaries
Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey will be stops on the new silk road.
April 21, 2021
The Lailashi codex.
Once home to the largest Jewish community in the western part of Georgia, Lailashi is now a remote village with no Jews to speak of, although efforts have been made recently to preserve its synagogue. It is also the location of an extremely rare codex of the Pentateuch, thought to have been written in the 10th century and complete save for a few chapters. Thea Gomelauri writes in a December 2020 article:
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Login or SubscribeLebanon, Syria, and Turkey will be stops on the new silk road.
The Arab parties and the arrangements committee.
Despite what Mahmoud Abbas told J Street.
The Lailashi codex.
Revealed in newly declassified records.