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...
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...