Historical Rumšiškės
WORTH VISITING: Nowadays Rumšiškės is mostly known for the open-air ethnographic museum. However, the town itself has an interesting history that dates way before the establishment of the museum, and the Jews played a vital role in this town’s history....
Historical Jewish quarter in Jieznas
WORTH VISITING: Even today, some older Litvaks, when they are surprised, use the expression “Yezne un Stoklishok!”, which by its meaning is similar to “Jesus Christ”. We invite you to visit Jieznas and try to find what surprised the local...
Historical Jewish quarter in Stakliškės
WORTH VISITING: Stakliškės is one of the shtetls, where buildings clearly tell us about the town’s Jewish past. If you want to see unique and beautiful landscapes, and learn about the Litvak culture and past, while traveling to Stakliškės we...
Historical Jewish quarter in Balbieriškis
WORTH VISITING: If you want to escape from traditional Jewish routes and discover the alternative side of Litvak heritage - Balbieriškis is an excellent choice. It might be that you will be the lone tourist in this small town, and...
Historical Jewish quarter in Jurbarkas
WORTH VISITING: Jurbarkas can be proud of the interesting and meaningful commemoration of historical Jewish community and its culture in the town. Although as in many other smaller Lithuanian towns there are not many extant Jewish heritage objects in Jurbarkas,...
Historical Jewish quarters in Merkinė
WORTH VISITING: The history of Jews in Merkinė is a perfect illustration of the development of Lithuanian civil understanding in the beginning of the 20th century. Jewish community in Merkinė raised brave citizens, which were ready to fight for young...
Veisiejai and it`s beit midrash
WORTH VISITING: Veisiejai is a small Lithuanian town famous in the world for the fact, that in the year 1886 Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof (1859-1917) lived here, worked as an eye doctor and finished creating the basic principles for the Esperanto...
Historical Jewish Quarters in Zarasai
WORTH VISITING: Zarasai was a birth place of a world-famous painter Jehuda Pen, who was born in the 19th century, studied painting in Saint Petersburg and later established an art school in Vitebsk. This art school was a first artistic...
Žasliai market square and old town
WORTH VISITING: Between two Lithuanian historical capitals - Vilnius and Kaunas - lie two unique towns significant for Litvak history and culture - Žasliai and Žiežmariai. Both these towns were regional trade centers until the Second World War, which meant...
Historical Jewish quarters of Naujoji Žagarė (New Žagarė)
WORTH VISITING: In the 19th century Žagarė became famous as a birthplace of prominent Rabbis and Jewish intellectuals. One of them was Rabbi Israel Salanter Lipkin (1810–1883) - initiator of religious Musar movement. Another Žagarė-born world-famous person was philanthropist and...