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,...
Žiežmariai Inn
WORTH VISITING: If You are interested in Jewish heritage in Lithuania, You will probably visit Žiežmariai to see a newly restored wooden synagogue in this town. But do not rush back after this visit - there are more interesting things...
Wooden synagogue in Žiežmariai
WORTH VISITING: Wooden synagogue in Žiežmariai is a unique part of Jewish heritage both in Lithuania and in all Eastern Europe as well. It is one of the seventeen extant wooden synagogues in Lithuania and also the biggest wooden synagogue...
Historical Jewish quarter in Darsūniškis
WORTH VISITING: Darsūniškis was never considered a classic shtetl, because its Jewish community was relatively a small one. For instance, during the interwar period, local Jews constituted only about 1/6 of the town`s population. Despite these numbers, active and innovative...
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...
Historical Jewish quarters of Anykščiai
WORTH VISITING: A small town of Anykščiai, surrounded by pine forests, is like a breath of fresh air to those, who both search for a way to hide from the dust of big cities and seek to get familiar with...