{"id":272,"date":"2015-09-17T08:17:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T06:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/?p=272"},"modified":"2016-01-24T20:46:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T18:46:27","slug":"events-to-mark-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-founding-of-yivo-and-the-lithuanian-day-of-holocaust-remembrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/2015\/09\/17\/events-to-mark-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-founding-of-yivo-and-the-lithuanian-day-of-holocaust-remembrance\/","title":{"rendered":"EVENTS TO MARK THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF YIVO AND THE LITHUANIAN DAY OF HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lzb.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/yivo_header.jpg\" alt=\"yivo_header\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We cordially invite everyone to participate in the events taking place from 17th to 25th of September, dedicated<span style=\"color: #49494b;font-size: 15px;font-weight: inherit;line-height: 18px\">\u00a0to the 90th anniversary of the founding of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #49494b;font-size: 15px;font-weight: inherit;line-height: 18px\">commemoration of the Holocaust Remembrance Day in Lithuania. Please find a detailed program below.<!--more--> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #49494b;font-size: 15px;font-weight: inherit;line-height: 18px\">More information can be found at the website of the Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #49494b\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;line-height: 18px\">http:\/\/www.lzb.lt\/en\/events-to-mark-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-founding-of-yivo-and-the-lithuanian-day-of-holocaust-remembrance\/<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-variant: inherit;font-weight: inherit;line-height: inherit;text-align: center\">September 17-25<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Vilnius, Lithuania<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a04:00 P.M. Presentation of the scarf donated by Kaunas ghetto and Stutthoff concentration camp survivor Dita \u0160perlingien\u0117-Zupavi\u010dien\u0117\u00a0(Pam\u0117nkalnio street No. 12, Vilnius).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Holocaust exposition of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum has a new exhibit: a dark blue scarf with white dots donated by Kaunas ghetto and Stutthoff concentration camp survivor Dita \u0160perlingien\u0117-Zupavi\u010dien\u0117. The scarf became a symbol of perseverance for Dita and helped her survive the hardships of the concentration camp.\u00a0 This unique item will be presented at the Holocaust exposition along with the moving testimony of Dita \u0160perlingien\u0117-Zupavi\u010dien\u0117 herself in video format.<\/p>\n<p>*Free entry<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M. Reading of Yitzhok Rudashevski\u2019s Diary\u00a0(Piano.Lt concert hall, Trak\u0173 street No. 9\/1).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Participating: YIVO director Jonathan Brent, ghetto prisoner and partisan Fania Brancovkskaja, Lithuanian Jewish Community chairwoman Faina Kukliansky.<\/p>\n<p>Yitzhok Rudashevski was born in Vilnius in 1927 \u2013 his father, Eliyahu, worked in a publishing house, and his mother, Rosa, was a seamstress. In September 1941, when Yitzchak was not yet 14 years old, the Nazis forced the boy and his family into the Vilnius ghetto. At some point during the Nazi occupation, Yitzhok started writing a diary in Yiddish where he described the day to day horrors the Jewish population had to endure. In the main part of the diary, which encompasses the period from September 1942 to April 1943, the young man chronicled all aspects of the ghetto, using his literary talents to not only describe, but also to reflect with great clarity and insight for a 15 year-old upon what was happening within the walls of the houses and streets he had been confined to. As the author himself put it, \u201cI consider that everything must be recorded and noted down, even the most gory, because everything will be taken into account\u201d. In the fall of 1943, as the Vilnius ghetto was being liquidated, the Rudashevskis managed to hide away in a secret shelter, but after only two weeks the Nazis discovered their hiding place and executed everyone. Only Sarah Voloshin, Yitzhok\u2019s cousin, managed to escape and flee to the forests surrounding Vilnius. After the Soviets re-occupied the town in the summer of 1944, she returned to the shelter and found a small notebook, its more than 200 pages filled with handwriting, some in pen, and some in pencil. It was the diary of\u00a0 Yitzhok Rudashevski.<\/p>\n<p>*Free entry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7:29 P.M. Beginning of Sabbath prayer<\/strong>\u00a0(Vilnius Choral Synagogue, Pylimo street No. 39, Vilnius).<\/p>\n<p><strong>8:00 P.M. Concert \u201cJazz, the Poet and Casanova\u201d by Vyacheslav Ganelin and Arkadijus Gotesmanas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Piano.Lt concert hall, Trak\u0173 street No. 9\/1).<\/p>\n<p>*Tickets required.. For more information about the event please see:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiketa.lt\/dziazas_poetas_ir_kazanova_62491\">http:\/\/www.tiketa.lt\/dziazas_poetas_ir_kazanova_62491<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>11:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M Tour of Jewish Vilna\u00a0<\/strong>(Tour begins next to the clock tower on Cathedral Square, \u0160ventaragio street, Vilnius).<\/p>\n<p>*Participation free, requires prior registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.00 PM Presentation of Fania Lewando\u2019s The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook<\/strong>\u00a0(Lithuanian Jewish Community, Pylimo street No. 4, Vilnius)<\/p>\n<p>In 1938, Fania Lewando, the proprietor of a popular vegetarian restaurant in Vilnius where all the hip Yiddish speaking intellectuals ate and conversed, published a Yiddish vegetarian cookbook unlike any that had come before.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by:\u00a0Jonathan Brent, Director, YIVO<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M. Mincha\/Ma\u2019ariv\u00a0Sabbath<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(Vilnius Choral Synagogue, Pylimo street No. 39, Vilnius).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a08:30 P.M.-10:00 P.M. Klezmatics concert<\/strong>\u00a0(Vilnius Old Town Hall, Did\u017eioji street No. 1, Vilnius).<\/p>\n<p>Presented by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and the Jewish Community of Lithuania: The Klezmatics, the gold standard of the klezmer revival, are celebrating their 30th anniversary! Rather than rest on their laurels ground-breaking recordings, a Grammy award, collaborations with the likes of Chava Alberstein, Itzhak Perlman, Allen Ginsberg, Tony Kushner and Woody Guthrie the band continues to push boundaries. Letters To Afar is an ongoing artistic collaboration between the Klezmatics and the award-winning video artist P\u00e9ter Forg\u00e1cs that brings to life the rich and vibrant life of Jews in inter-war Poland using historical film footage from the YIVO Institute. The original ground-breaking video art installation was commissioned by POLIN and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in 2013 and has been seen by over 100,000 people on two continents.<\/p>\n<p>*Tickets required. Tickets available on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bilietupasaulis.lt\/eng\/tickets\/koncertai\/klezmeriu-grupes-klezmatics-koncertas-170882\/\">internet<\/a>, at Biliet\u0173 pasaulis counters located at Hyper Rimi and Maxima supermarkets and at the ticket counter at the Vilnius Old Town Hall before the concert begins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, September 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>8:45 A.M.\u00a0Placing of flowers at the memorial plaque commemoration YIVO founder and director Max Weinreich (1894-1969)<\/strong> (J. Basanavi\u010diaus street No. 16, Vilnius).<\/p>\n<p><strong>9:00 A.M.\u20135:00 P.M. Conference dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the founding of the YIVO institute for Jewish research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Building III, Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania, Gedimino prospect No. 53, Vilnius).<\/p>\n<p><strong>9:00 A.M.\u20139:30 A.M.\u00a0Registration of participants<\/strong> (Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania, Gedimino prospect No. 53, Vilnius).<\/p>\n<p><strong>9:30 A.M. -5:00 P.M.\u00a0Conference dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the founding of the institute for Jewish research.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1925, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research was founded in Vilnius by key European intellectuals, including Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud, to record the history and pioneer in the critical study of the language, literature and culture of the Jews of Eastern Europe. In 1940, YIVO moved its permanent headquarters to New York City, becoming the only pre-Holocaust institution to transfer its mission to the United States from Europe. In 1941, the Nazis destroyed YIVO in Vilnius and ransacked the archives and library. A portion of YIVO\u2019s archives was sent to Frankfurt to become the basis of the Institute for the Study of the Jewish Question; another part was hidden in Vilnius; another part was destroyed. In 1946, the U.S. Army discovered the seized YIVO materials in the train depot in Offenbach, Germany and returned them to YIVO. The part that remained in Vilnius was saved from the Soviets by a Lithuanian librarian, and remained hidden in the basement of a church until 1989. In 2014, YIVO along with its partners the Central State Archives of Lithuania and the National Library of Lithuania, launched the YIVO Vilnius Collections, a seven-year project to preserve, digitize and virtually reunite YIVO\u2019s prewar archives located in New York City and Vilnius, Lithuania. The project encompasses some 10,000 rare or unique publications and approximately 1.5 million documents to add to the existing 24 million documents and 385,000 books and periodicals the YIVO Archives and the YIVO Library currently hold. The conference in Vilnius will feature top YIVO officials, researchers and prominent members of Lithuanian, US and Israeli academia delivering presentations on a wide ranging variety of topics regarding the political, social and cultural context of the founding of YIVO, its current activities and future prospects.<\/p>\n<p>*Entry to the conference is free but requires prior registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MONDAY, September 21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>12:00 noon Event to commemorate Lithuanian Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(\u017demai\u010di\u0173 plentas No. 73, Kaunas).<\/p>\n<p>*Transportation from Vilnius to be provided, prior registration required. Departure from base of Kalinausko street in Vilnius at 10:30 A.M.<\/p>\n<p><strong>17.00 val. Presentation and Screening of The Touch of an Angel, a documentary film by Marek Tomasz Paw\u0142owski (2015)<\/strong>\u00a0(Jascha Heifetz Hall, Lithuanian Jewish Community, Pylimo street No. 4, Vilnius).<\/p>\n<p>The Touch of an Angel is an unusually sensitive and intriguing story of one person\u2019s survival during the Holocaust. Polish Jew Henryk Schoenker visits sites in Poland still haunted by the specter of the war and retells in great detail the story of his family, their hiding from the Nazis and their Herculean efforts to escape extermination. Henryk\u2019s moving testimony serves to bring his story to life. The film makes use of archival footage and unusual cinematography.<\/p>\n<p>*Entry free. Film in Polish with Lithuanian subtitles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0TUESDAY, September 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Awards ceremony for rescuers of Jews<\/strong>\u00a0(President\u2019s Office of the Republic of Lithuania, S. Daukanto square No. 3, Vilnius)<\/p>\n<p>*Entrance by invitation only.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a02:00 P.M. Commemoration of Holocaust victims at Ponar\u00a0<\/strong>(Agrast\u0173 street No. 15, Vilnius)<\/p>\n<p>*Transport from Vilnius to be provided. Prior registration required. Departure from the base of Kalinausko street in Vilnius at 12:30 P.M.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7:00 P.M. Concert \u201cScream of Silence: Music for the Destroyed Synagogues of Vilnius\u201d<\/strong>(Church of St. Catherine, Vilniaus street No. 30, Vilnius).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScream of Silence\u201d is large musical work written in the form of\u00a0resisim\u00a0(Hebrew for shards). It is mainly a requiem for the destroyed synagogues of Vilnius but also urges us to celebrate values we sometimes lose sight of during times of trouble and hardship.\u00a0Performers: the St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra of the City of Vilnius Municipality, artistic director and conductor Donatas Katkus; the Brevis chamber choir,\u00a0\u00a0 led by Gintautas Venislovas; the actor Michailas Jevdokimovas; and conductor Giedr\u0117 \u0160lekyt\u0117. Composer and musician Vyacheslav Ganelin also participating.<\/p>\n<p>*Tickets required. For more information and tickets, please see:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bilietai.lt\/lt\/event\/26894\">http:\/\/www.bilietai.lt\/lt\/event\/26894<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>7:00 P.M. International concert \u201cBreaking the Silence\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(Vilnius Church of St. Francis of Assisi (Church of the Bernardines), Maironio street No. 10-22, Vilnius).<\/p>\n<p>Program: Three premieres in Lithuania: Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905-1963), Concerto funebre altui and string orchestra; Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942), five works for strings; and Arvo P\u00e4rt (born 1935), Stabat Mater for choir and stringed instruments.\u00a0Performers:\u00a0Vilnius City Municipality Choir Jauna muzika, artistic director and conductor Vaclovas Augustinas, Austrian-Bulgarian string orchestra , Camerata Orphica Les Orph\u00e9\u00efstes, Razvan Hamza (alto), conductor Amaury du Closel.<\/p>\n<p>*Entry free.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a07:.00 P.M. Music and poetry installation \u201cSuba\u010diaus Street: the Ghetto\u201d<\/strong> (based on poetry by V. Jasiukaityt\u0117)\u00a0(Suba\u010diaus street Nos. 47 and 49, Vilnius).<\/p>\n<p>Performers:\u00a0Rimvydas Vilkaitis and Dalia Michelevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117. Algimantas Poci\u016bnas, director.<\/p>\n<p>There are many places in Vilnius which bring the Holocaust to mind. One of them is Suba\u010diaus street. This presentation combines the spoken word, music and images. Actors will read works by the poet Vidmant\u0117 Jasiukaityt\u0117 and testimonies by Jews who hid from death. Passages of the musical work \u201cBalsai i\u0161 po \u017eemi\u0173\u201d [\u201cVoices from under the Ground\u201d] by \u017deraldas Povilaitis will play and building walls will become screens for archival images and videos. The intention is to surround visitors with an atmosphere of the life-and-death struggle to survive.<\/p>\n<p>*Entrance free.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>EVENTS TO MARK LITHUANIAN HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY IN THE CITIES OF \u0160IAULIAI\u00a0AND\u00a0PANEV\u0116\u017dYS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0160IAULIAI<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>11:00 A.M.-11:30 A.M. Wreath-laying ceremony at the gate of the\u00a0\u0160iauliai ghetto. Kaddish.<\/strong> (Corner of E\u017eero\/Trak\u0173 streets, \u0160iauliai).<\/p>\n<p>Participating:\u00a0\u0160iauliai Jewish Community chairman Josifas Bur\u0161teinas, representatives of the City of \u0160iauliai.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:00 noon-1:30 P.M.\u00a0Event to commemorate Holocaust victims in the Luponiai Forest<\/strong> (Ku\u017eiai aldermanship, \u0160iauliai).<\/p>\n<p>Participating:\u00a0\u0160iauliai Jewish Community chairman Josifas Bur\u0161teinas, public figures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:00 P.M.\u20132:30 P.M. Unveiling of memorial sign to commemorate Jews who lived in the town\u00a0of\u00a0Gruzd\u017eiai\u00a0<\/strong>(Nepriklausomyb\u0117s aik\u0161t\u0117 [Independence Square], Gruzd\u017eiai, \u0160iauliai region.)<\/p>\n<p>*For further information on the events in \u0160iauliai, please contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:agavasiauliai@takas.lt\">agavasiauliai@takas.lt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10:00 A.M.\u00a0Commemoration of the Holocaust victims of \u017dagar\u0117<\/strong> (\u017dagar\u0117, Lithuania)<\/p>\n<p>*For further information on the events in \u0160iauliai, please contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:agavasiauliai@takas.lt\">agavasiauliai@takas.lt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">PANEV<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0116<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u017dYS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2:00 P.M.\u00a0\u00a0Exhibit \u201cAnne Frank: The Story Today\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>(Saul\u0117tekis Pre-Gymnasium, Statybinink\u0173 street No. 24, Panev\u0117\u017eys)<\/p>\n<p>The story of the life of Anne Frank is the basis of the exhibit. It uses pre-war, Nazi dictatorship and post-war events to show the plight of the family. Includes photos from the Frank family photo album and other materials.<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0For further information about events in the city of Panev\u0117\u017eys, please call\u00a0845435295 or 861120882<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>12:00 noon Event to mark Lithuanian Holocaust Remembrance Day\u00a0<\/strong>(next to the Sad Jewish Mother statue on Atminties square, Vasario 16-s street, Panev\u0117\u017eys).<\/p>\n<p>Participating:\u00a0Panev\u0117\u017eys Jewish Community chairman Gennady Kofman, public figures, city representatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:30 P.M. Holocaust victim commemoration at Jewish mass murder site in Kurganava Forest.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1:00 P.M.\u00a0 Holocaust victim commemoration at Holocaust memorial site in \u017dalioji Forest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2:00 P.M. Exhibit of photographs to mark Lithuanian Holocaust Remembrance Day<\/strong>\u00a0(The Margarita Rimkevi\u010dait\u0117 Technical School, Panev\u0117\u017eys).<\/p>\n<p><strong>3:30\u00a0P.M. Screening of Holocaust film<\/strong> (the first in a series of films about the Holocaust received from Yad Vashem) (Ramygalos street No. 18, Panev\u0117\u017eys).<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0For further information about events in the city of Panev\u0117\u017eys, please call\u00a0845435295 or 861120882<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2:00 P.M.\u00a0Educational lecture for students from Panev\u0117\u017eys primary and secondary schools: \u201cTo Mark the Jewish Tragedy of the Holocaust in the Panev\u0117\u017eys District.\u201dPresenter:\u00a0Panev\u0117\u017eys Jewish Community chairman Gennady Kofman.\u00a0Participating:\u00a0Panev\u0117\u017eys city school students and teachers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0For further information about events in the city of Panev\u0117\u017eys, please call\u00a0845435295 or 861120882<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9:30 A.M.-3:30 P.M. Seminar\/event \u201cSave the \u0160v\u0117k\u0161na Synagogue\u201d<\/strong> (Liep\u0173 a. No. 24, \u0160v\u0117k\u0161na).<\/p>\n<p>Presentations: \u201cSpecial Features of Jewish Life: Holidays and Kosher Food\u201d by\u00a0Elijas Danas Pyragas (Klaip\u0117da, Lithuania);\u00a0\u201cTeaching Jewish Youth: History of a Fragment of the Panev\u0117\u017eys Yeshiva,\u201d delivered via skype,\u00a0Gennady Kofman (Panev\u0117\u017eys);\u00a0\u201cThe Effect of the Soviet Regime on the Development of Lithuanian-Jewish Relations after Lithuanian Independence,\u201d\u00a0Justas Ston\u010dius (Palanga, Lithuania);\u00a0\u201cTalking of the Land by the Sea: What Does the Lithuanian Context Provide?,\u201d\u00a0Vytautas Toleikis (Vilnius);\u00a0\u201cTraditional Judaism and Customs,\u201d\u00a0Gercas \u017dakas (Kaunas);\u00a0\u201cThe Kaunas Jewish Community, \u201cIeva \u010cernevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117 (Kaunas);\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe Architecture of the Brick Synagogues of Lithuania,\u201d\u00a0Marija Rupeikien\u0117 (Kaunas).<\/p>\n<p><strong>3:30 P.M.-4:45 P.M. Tour of the town of\u00a0\u00a0\u0160v\u0117k\u0161na. Visiting the Synagogue.<\/strong>\u00a0Monika \u017d\u0105sytien\u0117 (\u0160v\u0117k\u0161na).<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0For more information about the seminar, please contact\u00a0Monika \u017d\u0105sytien\u0117, 865757152,<a href=\"mailto:monika.zasytiene@gmail.com\">monika.zasytiene@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0For further information about events in the city of Panev\u0117\u017eys, please call\u00a0845435295 or 861120882<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ORGANIZERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lithuanian Jewish Community<br \/>\nYIVO Institute for Jewish Research<\/p>\n<p><strong>PARTNERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>World Jewish Congress International Yiddish Center Vilnius<br \/>\nCouncil of Senior Lithuanian Archivists<br \/>\nLithuanian Central State Archives<br \/>\nLithuanian National Martynas Ma\u017evydas Library<\/p>\n<p>Panev\u0117\u017eys Jewish Community<\/p>\n<p>\u0160iauliai Jewish Community<\/p>\n<p>Kaunas Jewish Community<\/p>\n<p>Municipality of the City of Vilnius<\/p>\n<p>Municipality of the City of \u0160iauliai<\/p>\n<p>Municipality of the City of Panev\u0117\u017eys<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUPPORTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good Will Foundation<br \/>\nWorld Jewish Congress<br \/>\n<strong>FELLOW ORGANIZERS AND PARTICIPANTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Embassy of the Republic of Poland to Lithuania<\/p>\n<p>Embassy of the United States to Lithuania<\/p>\n<p>Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania<\/p>\n<p>Lithuanian National Defense Ministry<\/p>\n<p>Lithuanian Foreign Ministry<\/p>\n<p>International Commission for Assessing the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupational Regimes in Lithuania<\/p>\n<p>St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra<\/p>\n<p>Pax et Bonum<\/p>\n<p>Forum Voix Etouff\u00e9es<\/p>\n<p>PRO S studio<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lzb.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/yivo_header.jpg\" alt=\"yivo_header\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We cordially invite everyone to participate in the events taking place from 17th to 25th of September, dedicated\u00a0to the 90th anniversary of the founding of the YIVO Institute for Jewish &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/2015\/09\/17\/events-to-mark-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-founding-of-yivo-and-the-lithuanian-day-of-holocaust-remembrance\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":365,"href":"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions\/365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gvf.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}