EVENTS | VILNIUS

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On Yivo’s 100th:

Dr. Jonathan Brent, director of Yivo, speaking on Yivo’s 100th anniversary at National Picture Gallery Tuesday 17 June at 3 PM.

Professor David E. Fishman (JTS), speaking on Yivo during the war years at the National Library’s Judaic Studies Center Tuesday 17 June at 5 PM. Registration.

[Also, now online: Dovid Katz’s April 2025 lecture on Yivo’s 100th at the Vilnius Jewish Public Library (video).]

Book launch:

Prof. Saulius Sužiedėlis’s Crisis, War, and the Holocaust in Lithuania.

[Links to purchase the book, and to reviews & comments: on DH’s Books in the Debate page.]

Documentary film launch:

Boris Maftsir’s new documentary film on the Lithuanian Holocaust (subtitles in English) at the Forum Cinema on Savanorių, Wednesday 18 June at 7 PM. Registration.

While in town:

New Museum of Litvak Identity. The Green House (Pamėnkalnio 12). Litvak folk art exhibition at the National Picture Gallery.

Best place to get information on all that is going on in town: Visit the Jewish Cultural and Information Center at Mėsinių St. 3 in the Old Town.

Guides & genealogists.