Guests from Europe, Israel, South Africa, Canada and the USA come to the Jewish community of Panevėžys in order to search information about their great-grandparents. In August, two young families … Read more
The Jewish community of Panevėžys, which is famous for its impressive Jewish historical heritage, was visited by Deputy Israeli Ambassador to Lithuania Erez Golan and Embassy representative for cultural issues … Read more
On July 28-29, 2023, members of the Jewish community of Panevėžys went on a sightseeing-leisure trip to Jūrmala, according to the development project of the Panevėžys city Jewish community funded … Read more
In July, the Panevėžys Jewish community was visited by a guest from Toronto – Jerold Landau, who works at IBM, a historian, and a translator from Hebrew and Yiddish to … Read more
Rabbi Moišė Bairon and his wife Feigel visited the Panevėžys Jewish community on July 31. He is a teacher at Yeshiva “TORAT HEIM” with 250 students in Jerusalem. Moshe Bairon … Read more
PE Good Will Foundation calls for submission of applications for project funding. The submission of project applications is open until October 4, 2023. Please follow the Guidelines for Projects financed by … Read more
The Jewish community of Panevėžys has a great tradition of celebrating the birthdays of community members every month while implementing the program “Club work HESED”. In July, Georgij Amiton, Gennady … Read more
The event was attended by Gennady Kofman, chairman of the Jewish community of Panevėžys, who on behalf of Faina Kukliansky, the chairwoman of the Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) community, congratulated all … Read more
Rabbi Barry Marcus’ great-grandparents lived in Panevėžys, and he told the story of how his great-grandfather’s life was saved by Rabbi Josef Kahaneman of Panevėžys. Barry Marcus himself was a … Read more
Williams Tcath, the president of the Gendel/Hendel family association, and a group of fellow travellers visited the Panevėžys Jewish Community this June. His grandfather Salomon Hendel was a merchant of … Read more