Telšiai Jewish community may be considered as a cradle of Jewish religious and academic thought in Northern Lithuania, which even competed with Vilnius and Panevėžys Jewish communities. After the Second World War, almost all the town’s Jewish community was destroyed, however, miraculously various signs and remnants of the town’s Jewish past, their intellectual and cultural achievements could be visible to this day.

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Telšiai to this day has many various objects that remind us of the town’s Jewish past. You can find three synagogues: beth midrash of the rich, Soldiers’ beth midrash, and a wooden artisans’ beth midrash. Former Orthodox Jewish girls’ gymnasium, and Jewish’ teachers’ seminary and former Telšiai yeshiva buildings give us understanding about the importance of education in Jewish life and culture. You can find a building of a former Jewish owned photo atelier in the current day Kęstutis street, and you can learn about the Jewish charitable activities by delving into the history of the former Jewish hospital on Gediminas street funded by N. D. Krulis.