and Jewish Life
Žasliai (Yiddish: זאָסלע Zosle) is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 644.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zasliai
54° 52′ / 24° 36′ Translation of the Zasliai chapter from Pinkas Hakehillot Lita
Inside
Notice Boards
Source: kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/ziezmariai/Home.html
LRT TV News Service LRT.lt When Lithuania joined the European Route of Jewish Cultural Heritage, the synagogue in Ziezmariai was chosen as the symbolic first site.
My host was Arūnas. I was his first guest on airbnb.
Private room in Samantonys, Lithuania. Homestead with organic/permaculture garden, sheep, bees, chicken, home baked bread, home made cheese, our honey, fresh eggs, pond with fish, Russian style sauna, bike rides. No TV, radio available on demand. Outhouse. Our location on Google Maps -…
Source: www.airbnb.com.au/rooms/26262331
The dunny
More views and breakfast
With Barry Mann in Kaunas
Siauliai with Sania Kerbilis & Antonina Gainulina
Panevezys with Gennady Kofman
Master Yuter Family Tree
Panevezys Telephone Directory
Visitors Book
With Gennady Kofman & a scout group
Josvainiai with Laima Ardaviciene and Harry Gorfine (Australia)
Ukmerge with Vida Pulkaunkiene & Arturas Taicos
Litvak Land – Plateliai, Lithuania
Dear friends, Jakovas Bunka Charity and Sponsorship fund has bought a piece of land about 1 km north from Plateliai. Close to the main road we created a
Source: jbfund.lt/our-plans/
Moze being restored
Before restoration!
Kazys Striaupa wood carving – Žemaitijos nacionaliniame parke gausu lankytinų objektų, gamtos paminklų, ir pėsčiųjų takų, ekskursijų ir edukacinių užsiėmimų.
Source: zemaitijosnp.lt/en/veikla/products-of-trademark/medzio-meistro-k-striaupos-darbai/
Žemaitijos nacionalinis parkas – tai gausybė lankytinų objektų, išsidėsčiusių aplink Platelių ežerą, gamtos paminklai, kultūriniai draustiniai ir vertybės.
Source: zemaitijosnp.lt/en/
Kuliai – images from Eugenijus Bunkas’ collection
Holocaust sites near the town
The town
Kuliai (Polish: Kule) is a town in Telšiai County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 625 people.[1]
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuliai
Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman (1886–1969), יוסף שלמה כהנמן, was an Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva. He was a renowned Torah and Talmudic scholar, a distinguished member of the Council of Torah Sages of Agudath Israel.
Nosson Meir Wachtfogel (Hebrew: נתן מאיר וכטפוגל) (18 February 1910 in Kuliai, Lithuania – 21 November 1998 in Lakewood, New Jersey, USA), known as the Lakewood Mashgiach, was an Orthodox rabbi and long-time mashgiach ruchani (spiritual supervisor) of Beth Medrash Govoha (the Lakewood Yeshiva) in Lakewood, New Jersey. He was one of the primary builders of that yeshiva into a world-class institution,[1] enacting the goals and direction set forth by its founding rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Aharon Kotler. He also helped establish “branches” of the Lakewood Yeshiva in dozens of cities, and pioneered the community kollel concept with the opening of combination Torah learning/outreach centers in the United States and other countries. A revered mentor and guide to thousands of students over a career that spanned more than 50 years, he was a strong advocate and prime example of musar study and working on one’s spiritual self-development.
Warsaw to Vilnius
I usually take the Lux bus. What a pleasure travelling this way, by plane. An hour fifteen minutes!
Klaipeda Jewish Community Centre
The Centre
Klaipėda (Lithuanian pronunciation: [ˈkɫɐɪˑpʲeːdɐ], listen (help·info); Samogitian name: Klaipieda, Polish name: Kłajpeda, German name: Memel), is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the third largest city in Lithuania and the capital of Klaipėda County.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaipeda
Contact Feliks Pozemskij, KlaipÄda Jewish Community chairperson, tel. 8-650-21335 email felix.bonasta@yahoo.com
Source: www.lzb.lt/en/2012/02/27/jewish-community-of-klaipeda/
Jews were first mentioned as living in the city in 1567, although much the same as with the remarkably similar city of GdaÅsk, the Jews never made an enormous impact on KlaipÄda as they did in the rest of the region. By the time the Germans re-occupied the city in March 1939 some 8,000 Jews had al
Source: www.inyourpocket.com/klaipeda/sightseeing/jewishklaipeda
After the IAJGS conference at the Hilton Hotel, my big walk included the Nozyk, the Old Town, The Bristol Hotel, Polin Museum, Centralna Station area, and back to the Nozyk later in the day.
Around the city
Back to the Nozyk Synagogue
Hotel Bristol
The Old Town
On the way to Polin Museum
Polin Museum
On the way to Centralna Train Station
Nozyk Synagogue before Shabbat
Around Centralna at nightime
Goodbye – back home to Australia
With our hosts.
Day 1 – Sunday 5 August 2018
Day 2. Monday 6 August 2018
Emil Majuk – Shtetl Routes
Milda Jakulyte-Vasil – Lost Shtetl of Seduva
Pamela Weisenberger Memorial lecture by Babara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
The Hilton lobby
Day 3. Tuesday 7 August 2018
Ralph Salinger & Ruth Leiserowitz
My Partisans’ talk
Glenn Kurtz – 3 Minutes In Poland
Day 4. Wednesday 8 August 2018
JewishGen Annual GM 2018
Day 5. Thursday 8 August 2018
Sharon Rennert – Bielskis
Danute Chosinska – Wagrowiec – Small Town History
My Second Talk
Gala Banquet
Last Day 6. Friday 8 August 2018
At Polin Museum
Good night & Goodbye!
The people I photographed or met in Lithuania, from 29 July to 4 August 2018
Vilnius
Trakai
Klaipeda
Plateliai with Eugenijus Bunka
Siauliai with Sania Kerbelis and Antonina Gainulina
Panevezys – at the Jewish Community Centre with Gennady Kofman
Josvainiai with Laima Ardaviciene and Harry Gorfine
Ukmerge
Samantonys -Farm Stay with Arunas
Kaunas
