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Yiddish Author Aaron Garon’s New Book to Feature at 20 Feb. Yiddish Reading Circle

Posted on 10 February 2019 by Defending History

BOOKS  |  EVENTS  |  YIDDISH AFFAIRS  |  VILNIUS JEWISH COMMUNITY

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by Dovid Katz

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The Vilna Yiddish Reading Circle, now in its twentieth year and open to all, announced today that its weekly session on Wednesday evening 20 February (as usual, from 6 PM sharp at the Vilnius Jewish Community at Mesiniu 3 in Vilnius Old Town) would be dedicated to the just-published handsome book of essays, articles and memoirs by the beloved Yiddish (and Lithuanian language) journalist Aaron Garon (1919−2009). The book, Di yídishe velt fun Vílne (The Jewish World of Vilna) is a collection of some of his Yiddish prose (essays and memoirs) with full Lithuanian translation, published in avant-garde vertical format, designed by the prominent young book-design maestro Greg Zundelovitch. It was brought out by the author’s children, longtime Israeli residents Tamara and Evgeni Garon, thanks to support from the Lithuanian government’s Good Will Foundation.

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Updates & Opinion on Vilnius Synagogue Closure to 5 Dec. 2016

Posted on 5 December 2016 by Defending History

[UPDATED]

UPDATE OF 5 DEC 2016: VILNIUS SYNAGOGUE REOPENED WITHOUT INCIDENT

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NEWS AND UPDATES FROM 28 OCT TO 1 DEC 2016:

GROWING FALLOUT FROM DECISION TO USE POLICE TO OUST RABBI SHOLOM BER KRINSKY (AND HIS CHILDREN AND FELLOW WORSHIPPERS) ON 28 OCT. AND — SHUT DOWN VILNIUS’S ONE SYNAGOGUE

City’s Last Functioning Pre-Holocaust Prayerhouse Was Shut from 28 Oct. to 4 Dec. 2016

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THE DEBATE:

 BLOSHTEIN (2), FACEBOOK DISCUSSION;  BURSHTEIN; KAPLAN; KATZ; KRELIN & IZAKSON (2) (3); KRINSKY; KUKLIANSKY; OLICKIJ; PAZERAITE; PILIANSKY.  NEW SECTION: VILNIUS JEWISH LIFE. RABBI KRINSKY’S NEW BLOG.

MEDIA COVERAGE: JTA (+ THE TIMES OF ISRAEL / ALSO IN: FRENCH EDITION); JULIA RETS IN MZ (IN RUSSIAN)

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Come and Visit Lithuania & Latvia

Posted on 5 September 2012 by Defending History

Professional Heritage Tour Guides & Genealogists

“The Defending History team thinks that Lithuania (and neighboring EU/NATO countries) are a wonderful place to visit — safe and modern yet rarefied and special, charming Old Europe alongside every modern convenience. The debates with a few gov. agencies over history, the Holocaust, the fate of Jewish cemeteries, contemporary antisemitism and other issues mean that your visit is all the more important. It does mean that when you get here, please be sure (as indeed you would anywhere) to hear all sides of the argument, not just the lavish state-sponsored entities that specialize in  dazzling with “Jewish Hollywood PR sets” while dismissing other opinions as illegitimate. These countries, and their peoples, are absolutely delightful, warm, good-humored and welcoming. Come and visit, all the more so if your own family roots are here!”

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Scholar-on-board?

DH can provide scholar-on-board services and Vilnius-based seminars for groups of between 5 and 50 people. Topics offered.  Write to us.

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TOUR GUIDES & GENEALOGISTS:

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For Online Genealogy:

JewishGen

A D V E R T I S E M E N T

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for old family letters and memoirs in difficult Yiddish (/Hebrew) handwriting:

YEYNESN FELENDLER (at: felendlerks@gmail.com)

See also:

LITVAK LINKS PAGE; LITVAK STUDIES; MINI MUSEUM OF OLD JEWISH VILNA; MINI MUSEUM OF INTERWAR JEWISH LITHUANIA

Not for the faint-hearted:

LITVAK AFFAIRS; ALTERNATIVE TOURISM; EXOTIC TOURISM; DARK TOURISM

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