Pre-Internet Viral: Songs of the Vilna Ghetto – Lithuanian Jewish Community
Songs of the Vilna Ghetto
Stakliskes, Prienai & Marijampole
Giedre Guzaviciene and Arūnė Levuškinienė, teachers at Kalvarija Gimnazija meeting me in Marijampole
Stakliskes
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Stoklishok KehilaLink
Stoklishok, Lithuania
Source: kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/stoklishok/Home.html
Prienai
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Marijampole
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Solomo Aleichemo ORT School Vilnius
Students sing Zog Nit Keynmol for me:
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Pre-Internet Viral: Songs of the Vilna Ghetto – Lithuanian Jewish Community
by Geoff Vasil
Source: www.lzb.lt/en/2017/05/31/pre-internet-viral-songs-of-the-vilna-ghetto/
The Bar & Batmitzvah Ceremonies:
The Choral Synagogue:
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The Community Centre:
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Report by Geoff Vasil with my images
Annual ORT Sholem Aleichem Gymnasium Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony – Lithuanian Jewish Community
Source: www.lzb.lt/en/2017/05/31/annual-ort-sholem-aleichem-gymnasium-barbat-mitzvah-ceremony/
Vilniaus Šolomo Aleichemo ORT gimnazija
„Paskutinė mano valia skirta įpėdiniams: tarpusavyje gyventi draugiškai, nekaupti savyje priešiškumo, palaikyti vieniems kitus sunkiu laiku, prisiminti šeimą, užjausti vargšą… Vaikai, didžuokitės mano taip sunkiai užsitarnautu žydišku vardu.“
Source: www.jewishschool.lt/
World Ort Videos:
ORT Videos
We feature videos made especially for this project by schools belonging to the World ORT network. See below. To find out more about World ORT, the world’s largest Jewish education and vocati…
Source: Http://elirab.me/ort
Zog Nit Keynmol – The Poem
Here is an idea for your school students or youth group:
Recite the poem, Zog Nit Keynmol, written by Hirsh Glik 20, in the Vilna ghetto in 1943.
Do it in your own language!
And then SHARE it with us!
The song is the anthem of the Survivors. With their rapidly diminishing numbers, we want our youth to continue the legacy.
Be creative like Giedrius Galvanauskas of Atzalynas Gymnasium in Kedainiai, Lithuania.
Inspired by his English teacher, Laima Ardaviciene, Giedrius used a Lithuanian translation, background music on (1) viola and (2) piano, with a backdrop of old images of his hometown, Kedainiai, and even added English subtitles.
The viola was played by Tzvi Friedl of Perth Australia.
Translated by Roza Tzvi Ben Litay and Sergey Kanovich
Wouldn’t it be great if you recited it in your own language and chose photos from your heritage town and then shared it around the world?
The viola version
The piano version
Here is Aaron Kremer’s English version by Freydl Mrocki of Shalom Aleichem College, Melbourne, Australia.
Tzvi Friedl on the viola
Atzalyno Gimnazija, Kedainiai, Lithuania
The students take me on a multicultural tour of Kedainai, the last stop being the two former synagogue complex, one of only a handful in Lithuania. The centre is run by Rimantas Zirgulis, director …
Source: elirab.me/my-bond-with-atzalyno-gimnazija-a-school-in-kedainiai-2/
The Partisan Song in Australia
Sydney
Last week I was given the opportunity to talk to Year 10s at Moriah College.
My thanks to Jewish studies teacher Hilary Kahn for setting this up.
The presentation was on The Partisan Song Project.
Here are some selected slides from my presentation:
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Phillip Maisel
Some photos from Moriah College:
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With Hilary Kahn & David Borecki
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David Borecki at the Yom Hashoah Commemorations
Melbourne
Perth
With Heiny Ellert
Limmud Oz – Perth
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Dylan Kotkis
Tzvi Friedl