Synagogue and beit midrash in Lazdijai
WORTH VISITING: In the 19th century Jewish community in Lazdijai organized everything for the infrastructure of its religious life. Firstly, the synagogue has been built, then - a nearby beit midrash, Rabbi`s house, and a Jewish school. All these buildings...
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Ohel Jakov Synagogue in Kaunas
WORTH VISITING: This synagogue is one of the not many extant synagogues in Kaunas and the only one operating Kaunas synagogue at the moment. It`s building itself is an extraordinary site, which interests both the lovers of architecture and the...
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Užupis Synagogue
WORTH VISITING: Today Užupis district in Vilnius attracts locals and tourists with its free artsy spirit. Paradoxically, in the middle of the 19th century, it was a place, where one of the most disciplined Jewish religious movements - the Musar...
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Choral Synagogue in Vilnius
WORTH VISITING: Since its establishment this synagogue differed from other Jewish prayer houses in Vilnius - worship in this synagogue was not only perfectly organized, but there was also a choir, which assisted during the worship. That is why this...
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The place of the Great Vilna Synagogue
WORTH VISITING: Even though there were more than 100 Jewish prayer houses in Vilnius at the beginning of the 20th century, but only two of them were actually called synagogues. One of them was Taharat Ha-Kodesh synagogue on Pylimo street...
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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...
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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...
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A complex of synagogues in Naujoji Žagarė/New Žagarė
WORTH TO VISIT: Between the many Jewish cultural heritage objects in the towns of Senoji and Naujoji Žagarės it is worth  taking time and noticing a winter and summer synagogues complex so characteristic to Lithuanian shtetls right in the center...
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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...
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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...
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