Representatives of the B’nai B’rith International, which cares about the security and continuity of the Jewish people and the State of Israel around the world, visited Lithuania. The CEO of the organization, Daniel Mariaschin, is a Litvak, his mother is from Musninkai village. Also, he is a board member of the Good Will Foundation, so he has definitely visited Lithuania before.
However, this visit in Vilnius is not a courtesy. On their way to Warsaw, where the centenary of the Polish representation of this organization will be celebrated in October, D. Mariaschin and other B’nai B’rith council members and supporters met with the chairperson of the Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) community, lawyer Faina Kukliansky. First, they discussed the anti-Semitism recently spreading freely and unrestricted in Lithuania, which is one of the priority issues for this organization. The leaders of B’nai B’rith Intetnational assured the chairperson of the LJC that they are ready to help in the fight against any form of anti-Semitism.
In addition, they talked about the plans to establish a B’nai B’rith International organization in Lithuania. Also, the representatives of the international organization drew attention to the fact that there is a great lack of information in English at the memorial places and other similar monuments of mass killings of Jews. In addition, it was agreed together with the Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) community to address the UNESCO for the inclusion of some monuments of Jewish cultural heritage in Lithuania into the list of protected objects.