In striving to objectively assess the current situation with the Litvak material cultural heritage, wanting to set priorities in heritage protection as it concerns Jewish cultural sites and striving to come up with professional and effective solutions to urgent issues in Lithuanian Jewish heritage, the Lithuanian Jewish Community announces the formation of an international working group of experts at the LJC. The following have consented to be part of the working group:

Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, advisor to the director and senior curator of main exhibits, POLIN Polish Jewish History Museum.

Assumpció Hosta, general secretary The European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage (AEPJ)

Sergey Kanovich, Poet and essayist, founder of NGO “Maceva” and Seduva Jewish Memorial Fund

James E. Young, professor of English, Judaism, Near East studies and professor emeritus, and leading expert on monuments, University of Massachusetts.

Samuel Kassow, doctor of philosophy, head researcher at POLIN Museum specializing in the 19th century and the period between the two world wars, author of Who Will Write Our History?: Emanuel Ringelbaum, the Warsaw Ghetto and the Oyneg Shabes Archive, translated in 14 languages.

Cilly Kugelman, deputy director and program director, Berlin Jewish Museum.

Lyudmila Sholokhova, PhD, director, YIVO archive and library.

Sergey Kravtsov, senior research correspondent, Jewish Art Center, Hebrew University.

Martynas Užpelkis, heritage expert, Lithuanian Jewish Community.

This composition of the working group is not final and more Lithuanian and foreign experts will be invited to join.