{"id":1377,"date":"2019-03-15T10:34:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T08:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2019-03-15T10:34:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T08:34:40","slug":"lithuanian-president-visits-yivo-institute-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/2019\/03\/15\/lithuanian-president-visits-yivo-institute-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian President Visits YIVO institute in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskait\u0117 visited Judaic research institute YIVO during her visit to New York City on March 13, 2019, where documents of high historic value to the Lithuanian Jews are kept.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">After her meeting with Jonathan Brent, executive director of the institute, the President visited the Stra\u0161i\u016bnas Library and examined the most valuable documents of the YIVO archives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">The Stra\u0161i\u016bnas Library is named after Matityahu Strashun (1817\u20131885), founder of the Vilnius Jewish community. In his will, he left a vast collection of Jewish religious works from all over Europe to the YIVO library and the majority of the collection survived through WWII.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">The President and top YIVO officials discussed a new stage of cooperation between the Ma\u017evydas National Library and YIVO to examine 200 thousand more items of Jewish documentary heritage found in St. George&#8217;s Church.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">At the President\u2019s initiative, the YIVO institute agreed to lend one of its most precious documents (Handwritten Chronicle of the Vilna Gaon Synagogue) for an exhibition in Vilnius timed to the 300th anniversary of the Vilna Gaon. The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania has designated 2020 as the Year of the Vilna Gaon and the History of the Jews of Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Among the delegation members during the President\u2019 visit to YIVO institute was Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community President and Good Will Foundation Board Co-Chair Faina Kukliansky.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Good Will Foundation partially finance ongoing digital archives project implemented by YIVO institute.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">More about the visit can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lrp.lt\/en\/press-centre\/press-releases\/invaluable-heritage-of-vilnius-jews-at-the-yivo-institute\/32003\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.lrp.lt\/en\/press-centre\/press-releases\/invaluable-heritage-of-vilnius-jews-at-the-yivo-institute\/32003&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1552724967273000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHI8hQd4JzZYi_1vcV6pDst5j8idA\">https:\/\/www.lrp.lt\/en\/press-centre\/press-releases\/invaluable-heritage-of-vilnius-jews-at-the-yivo-institute\/32003<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"kad-wp-gallery79\" class=\"kad-wp-gallery init-isotope kad-light-wp-gallery clearfix rowtight\" data-fade-in=\"1\" data-iso-selector=\".g_item\" data-iso-style=\"masonry\" data-iso-filter=\"false\"><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kt_item_fade_in kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/files\/2019\/03\/DSC_6222.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[pp_gal]\" class=\"lightboxhover\">\r\n                          <img src=\"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/files\/2019\/03\/DSC_6222-366x274.jpg\" width=\"366\" height=\"366\" alt=\"\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kt_item_fade_in kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/files\/2019\/03\/DSC_6272.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[pp_gal]\" class=\"lightboxhover\">\r\n                          <img src=\"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/files\/2019\/03\/DSC_6272-366x267.jpg\" width=\"366\" height=\"366\" alt=\"\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kt_item_fade_in kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/files\/2019\/03\/DSC_6395.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[pp_gal]\" class=\"lightboxhover\">\r\n                          <img src=\"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/files\/2019\/03\/DSC_6395-366x256.jpg\" width=\"366\" height=\"366\" alt=\"\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kt_item_fade_in kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/files\/2019\/03\/Prezident\u0117-YIVO-NY-1-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[pp_gal]\" class=\"lightboxhover\">\r\n                          <img src=\"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/files\/2019\/03\/Prezident\u0117-YIVO-NY-1-1-366x247.jpg\" width=\"366\" height=\"366\" alt=\"\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kt_item_fade_in kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/files\/2019\/03\/Prezident\u0117-YIVO-NY.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[pp_gal]\" class=\"lightboxhover\">\r\n                          <img src=\"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/files\/2019\/03\/Prezident\u0117-YIVO-NY-366x254.jpg\" width=\"366\" height=\"366\" alt=\"\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kt_item_fade_in kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/files\/2019\/03\/prezidente.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[pp_gal]\" class=\"lightboxhover\">\r\n                          <img src=\"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/files\/2019\/03\/prezidente-366x229.jpg\" width=\"366\" height=\"366\" alt=\"\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskait\u0117 visited Judaic research institute YIVO during her visit to New York City on March 13, 2019, where documents of high historic value to the Lithuanian Jews &hellip; 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