Vilnius, May 23, BNS–Historian Elena Keidošiūtė has been hired as the new Lithuanian cultural attaché for the embassy to Israel. The Lithuanian Ministry of Culture, which conducted the job search, reported Keidošiūtė received the highest rating out of ten candidates. She studied the history of culture and anthropology at the History Faculty of Vilnius University and received a master’s in Jewish history and culture at Stony Brook Southampton, a campus of the State University of New York at Stony Brook located in Southampton, New York. She is now a visiting scholar at the Hebrew and Judaic Studies Department at New York University and Prins Foundation postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Jewish History in New York City.

Currently Saulius Pilinkus is serving as Lithuanian cultural attaché in Israel, according to the embassy’s website. Keidošiūtė could begin in the post as soon as she receives a certificate of reliability and upon receipt of written approval by the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry.