Recently there have been a number of initiatives aimed at preserving and publicizing Jewish heritage in Lithuania. The YIVO Vilna Project begun last year has the goal of preserving and digitizing pre-war archives in Vilnius and New York, a project on the creation of a Jewish Cultural Heritage Way in Lithuania is underway, the tolerance campaign Bagel Shop is being implemented, an ambitious project called “The Lost Shtetl” is being implemented in Šeduva, the public organization Maceva has concluded an agreement with the municipality of Kaunas on renovating the Old Jewish Cemetery there, the Vilnius municipality has begun restoration of the synagogue on Gėlių street and many other initiatives have been put forward.

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