| | | | | INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HOLOKAUST | 2010.01.22 | | The Tolerance Centre of Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum invites you to commemorate the International Day of Holocaust. |
| | | JOINT STATEMENT by the Lithuanian and Vilnius Communities | 2009.11.24 | | On May 22 of this year, the BNS news service announced that the government of the Republic of Lithuania was presenting to the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania a proposal by the Republic of Lithuania for legislation regarding compensation for real estate properties belonging to the Jewish communities. The Jewish Community of Lithuania, which unites thousands of members from 24 organisations, declares that it does not agree with the proposal for said legislation, and asks that the proposal as it stands not be presented to the Lithuanian Parliament. |
| | | NO SERIOUS DISCUSSION | 2009.11.24 | | A documentary film called “Litvakes. From Vilnius to Jerusalem” (producer “Media team”, author Rūta Sinkevičienė, cameramen Aurimas Račiukaitis and Alvydas Laurinavičius), sponsored by the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and widely publicised, premiered at the “Skalvija” film theatre to a larger than capacity audience. It was introduced by deputy minister of Foreign Affairs Šarūnas Adomavičius. Known philosopher Leonidas Donskis spoke about the film personalities, about their professional work and achievements. R.Sinkevičienė talked about her meetings with Litvakes in Israel. |
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| Religion | | THE RIGHTEOUS OF LITHUANIA | 2009.11.07 | | People who do good deeds don't blow trumpets or pound on drums about the fact. Such people are the Righteous. Thus it is said about them in the part of the Talmud called the "Mishna".
"Legend has it that thirty-six Righteous persons hold up the world. They in no way differ from ordinary mortals, and they often don't suspect that they are Righteous. But if even one of them was missing from any generation, then human pain would be the undoing even of the souls of the newborn, and people would suffocate in the sea of despair. The Righteous are the heart of humanity, into which, like into a bottomless well, our sufferings gather."
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| | | | | HANUKKAH | 2007.12.30 | From December 4 to 11, the Jews of Lithuania, Israel and countries around the world celebrated one of their most important calendar holidays, Hanukkah.
From generation to generation the Jews tell the story of how the Greek Seleucid dynasty conquered Judaea in the 3rd century BCE, and how it was ruled from the year 170 BCE by Antiochus IV Epiphanus (the Great). Antiochus demanded total control over the conquered nations, and issued laws forbidding the Jews to practise their own religion and traditional customs: circumcision was proclaimed a crime, and the Sabbath, Jewish holidays, and Jewish names were banned. The Jewish people were forced to observe Greek cult rituals, and to eat pork. Greek rulers had the right to spend the first night with newlywed women. The final straw was the statue of Zeus erected in the Jewish temple in Jerusalem. |
| | | THE FATE OF LITHUANIA'S SYNAGOGUES | 2007.10.31 | When the talk turns to Lithuania's synagogues, it is usually remembered that before the Second World War there were more than a hundred of them in Vilnius. The city was an example of Jewish faith and sanctity – Jerusalem of Lithuania. In 1943 Vilnius became “Judenfrei” – the Jews were almost totally annihilated, and the few that remained were taken away to concentration camps. |
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| Culture | | SUSITIKIMAS SU ŠOŠANA RABINOVIČI NEĮVYKS | 2008.05.13 | LABAI APGAILESTAUJAME,
TAČIAU NUMATYTAS SUSITIKIMAS GEGUŽĖS 14 d., trečiadienį, 17:30 val. su Šošana Rabinoviči (Schoschana Rabinovici), knygos „Dank meiner Mutter“ („Mano motinos dėka“) autore, II-ojo pasaulinio karo metu gyvenusia Vilniaus gete, ir rašytoju Doronu Rabinoviči (Doron Rabinovici) Tolerancijos centre (Naugarduko g. 10/2, Vilnius) NEĮVYKS dėl netikėtos ligos autorių šeimoje.
DAR KARTĄ ATSIPRAŠOME IR TIKIMĖS SUSITIKTI KITUOSE MŪSŲ RENGINIUOSE
Austrijos Respublikos Ambasada Vilniuje
Valstybinis Vilniaus Gaono žydų muziejus |
| | | | | GOLDEN DISC FOR THE "MUSICA CAMERATA BALTICA" ENSEMBLE | 2007.12.30 | On November 17, the Lithuanian Musicians' Union and Baltic Optical Disc awarded the seventh Golden Disc to musicians for their distinctive creative accomplishments. This year the prize went to singer Judita Leitaitė and the "Musica Camerata Baltica" trio – Leonidas Melnikas, Borisas Traubas, Valentinas Kaplunas – who are all congratulated by the Lithuanian Jewish community.
Source: Newspaper of the Jewish Community of Lithuania “Jerusalem of Lithuania” 2007, № 7-8 |
| | | ISAJA MELNIKAS' CENTENARY | 2007.12.29 | December 24, 2007 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of the well-known Lithuanian pharmacist Isaja Melnikas (1907-1990). A colourful and multi-faceted individual, he dedicated his entire life to pharmacology, but was not limited only to the practice of dispensing medications.
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