Vilnius – tangential travel

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Kaunas, Ziezmariai & Vilnius

17 July 2023

Kaunas - Google Search

Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the…

Choraline Synagogue Kaunas - Google Search

Kaunas Synagogue (Lithuanian: Kauno choralinė sinagoga) is one of two operating choral synagogues in Lithuania. It is located in Centras eldership, Kaunas.

Kaunas Old Town - Google Search

A nice old town with beautiful architecture.A lot of cafes and restaurants with good food quality .Very quiet never crowded so no need for reservations…

Avraham Mapu Kaunas - Google Search

Abraham Mapu (1808 in Vilijampolė, Kaunas – 1867 in Königsberg, Prussia) was a Lithuanian novelist. He wrote in Hebrew as part of the Haskalah…

Ziezmariai - Google Search

Žiežmariai ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a city in the Kaišiadorys district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 6 km (3.7 mi) south of Kaišiadorys.

Hotel Conti Vilnius - Google Search

Conti Hotel | Check prices for your dates

Tolerance Education Centre Lithuania - Google Search

The Network of Tolerance Education Centers is the unique educational project in Lithuania. The creation of the network has started in 2003.

Meeting with Ingrida Vilkiene

Jewish Vilnius - Google Search

Vilnius’ Jewish population today is 5,000, a mere five percent of what it once was. The country is home to but 6,500 Jews, some 200 of whom are Holocaust…

Choral Synagogue Vilnius - Google Search

The Choral Synagogue of Vilnius (Lithuanian: Vilniaus choralinė sinagoga) is the only synagogue in Vilnius that is still in use. The other synagogues were…

Vilnius Old Town - Google Search

The Old Town of Vilnius one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres (887 acres).

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Vilnius 14 July

national library lithuania - Google Search

5 July 2023. Exposition “Lithuania on the Path to NATO. 1991-2004” · Naujienos iliustracija 5 July 2023. The National Library hosts the world premiere of…

Kassel via Frankfurt & Riga to Vilnius

old town vilnius - Google Search

The Old Town of Vilnius one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres (887 acres).

Breakfast at Hotel Conti

Walking Vilnius Old Town

vilna gaon - Google Search

The Vilna Gaon was born in Sialiec, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth on April 23, 1720 as Elijah Ben Solomon Zalman to a well known rabbinical family.

st mary cathedral vilnius lithuania - Google Search

Stanisława) is the main Catholic cathedral in Lithuania. It is situated in Vilnius Old Town, just off Cathedral Square. Dedicated to the Christian saints…

vilnius jewish library lithuania - Google Search

Top ways to experience Vilnius Jewish Library and nearby attractions. Private Walking Tour around Jewish Vilnius | With a Local Litvak. 1. Historical Tours.

museum of occupations and freedom fights - Google Search

The Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights in Vilnius, is dedicated to showing artifacts and records from the 50-year period of Soviet occupation of…

national library lithuania - Google Search

5 July 2023. Exposition “Lithuania on the Path to NATO. 1991-2004” · Naujienos iliustracija 5 July 2023. The National Library hosts the world premiere of…

On the way back to Hotel Conti

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June 3, 2017

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…

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Return to Vilnius June 2016

Kaišiadorys

City in Lithuania

Kaišiadorys is a city in central Lithuania. It is situated between Vilnius and Kaunas. Kaišiadorys is one of six Lithuanian diocese centres. It is home to the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Christ built in 1932.

Municipality: Kaišiadorys District Municipality

Population: 10,002 (2001)

History

The city expanded when a railroad connecting Vilnius with Liepāja was built in 1871. During the First World War, the city was occupied by the Germans in 1915, and it became the capital of an administrative unit for the first time. In 1919 the first train departed from Kaišiadorys to Radviliškis. When Trakai and the rest of the Vilnius Region became part of Poland, Kaišiadorys became the temporary capital of the Trakai Apskritis.

On August, 1941, the Jewish population of the town and surroundings was murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans and Lithuanian nationalists.^[1]^[2]Wikipedia

The Kaisiadorys KehilaLink. Click here

Kaisiadorys

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With Karina Simonson

Karina Simonson is doing her PhD on Eli Weinberg and Leon Levson, two Litvak photographers who moved to South Africa. More info on these two photographers:

http://www.ken-art.com/blog/post/41/african-photography-documentary-part-2

If anyone has more info on these two photographers, please comment.

Back at the Choral Synagogue

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Along the Neris River at dusk

Neris

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Neris ( pronunciation (help·info), Belarusian: Ві́лія Viliya, Polish: Wilia) is a river rising in Belarus. It flows through Vilnius (Lithuania) and becomes a tributary of the Neman River (Nemunas) at Kaunas (Lithuania). Its length is 510 km (320 mi).

For 276 km (171 mi)^[1] the river runs through Belarus, where it is called Viliya, and 235 km (146 mi) runs through Lithuania, where it is called Neris.

The Neris connects two old Lithuanian capitals – Kernavė and Vilnius. Along its banks are burial places of the pagan Lithuanians. At 25 km (16 mi) from Vilnius are the old burial mounds of Karmazinai, with many mythological stones and a sacred oak.