European Day of Jewish Culture 2016
Vilnius speaks Yiddish again!

Sunday, September 4, 2016
Lithuanian Jewish Community, Pylimo street No. 4, Vilnius, September 4

Program:

10:00 Bagel breakfast Boker Tov-בוקר טוב – A guten morgn – Labas rytas!
Location: Bagel Shop Café, Pylimo street No. 4, Vilnius

11:00-11:45 Hebrew lessons for kids and parents with Ruth Reches, author of the Illustrated Dictionary of Hebrew and Lithuanian for Beginners, registration required
Meet at the Bagel Shop Café, Pylimo street No. 4, Vilnius

12:00-12:45 Rakija Klezmer Orkestar performance
Location: White Hall, LJC

1:00 Bagel brunch Ze taim- זה טעים – Geshmak – Skanaus!
Location: Bagel Shop Café, Pylimo street No. 4, Vilnius

1:00-1:45 Hebrew lessons for kids and parents with Ruth Reches, registration required
Meet at the Bagel Shop Café, Pylimo street No. 4, Vilnius

1:30-2:00 Rakija Klezmer Orkestar performance

2:00 Welcome speech by chairwoman Faina Kukliansky
Presentation of European Day of Jewish Culture
Diana Varnaite, director, Cultural Heritage Department

Vilnius speaks Yiddish again!

Greetings from Vilnius ghetto survivor, partisan and Vilnius Jewish Community member Fania Brancovskaja
Location: J. Heifetz hall, III floor, Lithuanian Jewish Community

2:30-3:45 Open discussion on Lithuanian Jewish heritage preservation initiatives with Martynas Uzpelkis, heritage specialist, Lithuanian Jewish Community
Location: J. Heifetz hall, III floor, Lithuanian Jewish Community

4:00-4:45 Rakija Klezmer Orkestar performance

5:00-5:45 Evening of Sutzkever poetry with Dr. Mindaugas Kvietkauskas, director, Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Location: Bagel Shop Café, Pylimo street No. 4, Vilnius