Tag: Lithuanian Jews
YIVO Announces Discovery of 170,000 Lost Jewish Documents Thought Destroyed in the Holocaust
Rare and unpublished works represent the collective memory and cultural history of Eastern European and Russian Jews.
Two Mikvahs Exposed in Vilna’s Great Synagogue 70 Years after Destruction
This important and magnificent synagogue was the center of study of the Vilna Gaon. In recent weeks, a delegation of archaeologists has uncovered two of the compound's ritual baths.
Great Synagogue, Shulhof of Vilna Rediscovered 70 Years After Nazi Destruction
Israeli, Lithuanian and American researchers have tracked down the remains of the Great Synagogue of Vilna.