Kulashi

It was granted the status of daba in 1961. Kulashi had formerly been a home to one of the largest Georgian Jewish communities, whose size has significantly decreased due to several waves of Jewish expatriation to Israel. Among the prominent Jews who came from Kulashi are Chabad Rabbi Yehuda Butrushvili (known in Yiddish as Yudel Kulasher), Ephraim Gur and businessman Merab Elashvili.

• Official Name — Kulashi • Native Name — კულაში • Settlement Type — Town • Pushpin Map — Georgia#Georgia Imereti • Mapsize — 280px • Pushpin Map Caption — Location of Kulashi in Georgia##Location of Kulashi in Imereti • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Mkhare • Subdivision Name1 — Imereti • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Samtredia District • Population As Of — 2014 • Population Total — 1,702 • Blank1 Name — Climate • Blank1 Info — Cfa • Timezone — Georgian Time • Utc Offset — +4 • Pushpin Relief — y • Mapframe — yes • Mapframe Zoom — 15 • Mapframe Wikidata — yes Kulashi (კულაში) is a small town (daba) in Imereti, Georgia with a population of around 1,702 as of 2014. It is located 5 km from the town of Samtredia. It first appears in the 16th century records as a fief of the Mikeladze family. It was granted the status of daba in 1961. Kulashi had formerly been a home to one of the largest Georgian Jewish communities, whose size has significantly decreased due to several waves of Jewish expatriation to Israel. As such, it had sometimes been referred to as the "Jerusalem of Georgia". Among the prominent Jews who came from Kulashi are Chabad Rabbi Yehuda Butrushvili (known in Yiddish as Yudel Kulasher), Ephraim Gur and businessman Merab Elashvili.