Announcements – Page 78 – Lithuanian Jewish Community

Concert of Lithuanian Ethnic Minority Music and Lesson with Dr. Marija Kuprove-Berg

Marija Kuprove-Berg will perform at the Tolerance Center, Naugarduko street no. 10/2, at 6:00 P.M. on Thursday, June 2, 2016. Violinist Vytautas Mikeliūnas will also perform. A lecture will be held in English as well. The event is being held by the Lithuanian Literature and Folklore Institute and the Tolerance Center of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum. Entrance is free to the public.

Dr. Marija Kuprove-Berg’s repertoire includes songs in all the minority languages of Lithuania, including Yiddish, Ashkenazic Hebrew, Romany, Tartar and others, and embraces Karaïte musical traditions as well.

2016-05-31

German Trio to Give Concert at Lithuanian Jewish Community

Three German musicians will give a concert open to the public at the Lithuanian Jewish Community, Pylimo street no. 4, Vilnius at 5:00 P.M. on Sunday, May 29. Entrance is free but a small donation may be left for the musicians at the door. The trio consists of Katharina Müther of Freiburg on accordeon and lyrics, Daniel Kahn of Detroit and Berlin on clarinet, accordeon and lyrics, and Roswitha Dasch of Wuppertal on violin and lyrics.

2016-05-26

Sporting Event

The Lithuanian Jewish Community and the Lithuanian Jewish Makabi Athletics Club invite you to

a celebration of the grand opening of the summer season
for the entire family.

Program:

Soccer tournament for children and adults
Registration of teams: Pavel Guliakov, telephone: 370 685 42463, email: p.guliakov@gmail.com

Badminton tournament
Registration: Genadijus Plavinas, telephone: 370 699 40918, email: plavinas@takas.lt

Israeli dance marathon
with Karina Semionova, no registration required, 12:00 noon to 2:00 P.M.

Activities for younger holiday-makers
with Dubi and Dubi Mishpoha Club coordinators
Alina Azukaitis and Margarita Kožetova and the other guides

Event is free and open to the public!

Time: 11:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., Sunday, June 5, 2016
Location: The Vilnius Soccer Fan Stadium, Linkmenų street no. 8, Vilnius

2016-05-24

Chess Tournament

The Lithuanian Jewish Community and the Rositsan and Maccabi Elite Chess and Checkers Club invite you to an amateur chess tournament!

Time: 11:00 A.M., Sunday, May 22, 2016
Location: Lithuanian Jewish Community, Pylimo street no. 4, Vilnius

Director: FIDE master Boris Rositsan

To register and for further information, contact:

email: info@metbor.lt
telephone: 3706 5543556

2016-05-19

In Memoriam Saulius Sondeckis

The Destinies series of lectures, seminars and meetings invite you to attend our 26th evening in the series,

In Memoriam Saulius Sondeckis

featuring the premiere of the film “… mūsiškiai žydai muzikai” [“…Our Own Jewish Musicians”]

In the film maestro Saulius Sondeckis shares his memories of his friends and colleagues, Lithuanian Jewish musicians.

Participants to include: the filmmaker and journalist Saulius Sondeckis and professor Silvija Silvija Sondeckienė

Moderator: Dr. Leonidas Melnikas.

Time: 6:00 P.M., Thursday, May 19, 2016.
Location: Lithuanian Jewish Community, Pylimo street no. 4, Vilnius

Event initiator and MC: LJC deputy chairwoman Maša Grodnikienė

2016-05-17

A Conversation with Basir

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The Tolerance Center of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum will host a discussion in Lithuanian at 3:00 P.M. on May 18, 2016, called “A Conversation with Basir. Refugees: Avoid, Understand, Accept?”

Participants are to include Afghan translator for Lithuanian soldiers in Afghanistan Abdul Basir Yousof, UN High Commission on Refugees rep in Lithuania Renata Kuleš, military historian Dr. Gintautas Surgailis and Vilnius University Oriental Studies Department Islamic theology and culture historian Maritana Larbi.

Vilna Gaon Museum director Markas Zingeris will moderate.

2016-05-13

LJC Lecture Series

The lectures are held Sundays at the Lithuanian Jewish Community, Pylimo street no. 4, Vilnius

12:00 noon May 15

Marking the 100th anniversary of the death of Sholem Aleichem (March 2, 1859-May 13, 1916)

Fiddler on the Roof, part one

12:00 noon May 22

Fiddler on the Roof, part two

2016-05-13

Illustrated Hebrew-Lithuanian Wordbook for Beginners Presented at LJC

The publication of Ruth Reches’s “Iliustruotas hebrajų-lietuvių kalbų žodynėlis pradedantiesiems” [“Illustrated Hebrew-Lithuanian Wordbook for Beginners”] is an important event for Jews and Lithuanians who want to learn Hebrew and who had to rely in the past on textbooks in Russian and English. The arrival of the book was eagerly awaited by the students of the Vilnius Sholem Aleichem ORT Gymnasium and their parents. The announcement of the book’s official launch instantly drew thousands of interested people on facebook from all over Lithuania. The author presented her book at the Community May 9.

Ruth Reches was graduated from Bar Ilan University in Israel in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree sociology, psychology and criminology. In 2001 she completed a master’s degree at Vilnius University in clinical psychology. In 2007 she received a teaching credential from Vilnius Pedagogical University. Currently she is doing doctoral work at Mykolas Romeris University, where she has been teaching psychology to students pursuing a variety of disciplines since 2001. She worked as a psychologist at the medical center of the Lithuanian Interior Ministry from 2006 to 2011. Since 1997 she has also taught Hebrew at the Sholem Aleichem Gymnasium in Vilnius and served as school psychologist. She teaches psychology as an elective to upper-level (sophomore to senior class) students there.

The “Illustrated Hebrew-Lithuanian Wordbook for Beginners” is for teaching Hebrew to children whose native language is Lithuanian. The learning aid will help pupils understand better and acquire new material, while parents can use the book to follow the progress of their children. The book is useful for adults beginning Hebrew as well.

2016-05-12

Israeli Embassy Marks Israeli Independence Day with Save the Children Centers

Vilnius (May 11, 2016)–On the 68th anniversary of the Independence of the State of Israel (this year it is on May 12) the Embassy of Israel in Lithuania will mark the day in a different way: together with Save the Children day centers in a number of towns of Lithuania. The funds assigned for the traditional National Day reception will be used to present the children and the centers with a variety of equipment, furniture, games and other supplies that are required for the daily operations of these centers.

“We are honored to join forces with Save the Children organization and to contribute our modest support to improve the children’s surroundings and environment, which we hope they will successfully use not only for doing their homework, but also for having more fun together, which is no less important” Israeli ambassador Amir Maimon said.

On May 12 and 13 Embassy of Israel teams will visit Save the Children day centers in Alytus and the Alytus district and in the Utena, Pasvalis, Druskininkai, Širvintos and Kaišiadorys municipalities, to meet altogether about 300 children. The wish list is quite varied and includes furniture, computers, kitchenware and cutlery, home appliances, stationary supplies, art supplies, television sets and many more. In addition, every child will be presented with a blue and white schoolbag with a light reflector.

2016-05-11

Come Celebrate Israeli Independence Day

Dear members,

You are cordially invited to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel. The celebration is to take place at the Lithuanian Jewish Community in Vilnius at 6:30 P.M. on Monday, May 16, 2016. A small klezmer concert is planned and Israeli snacks will be provided.

For more information call +370 67881514 or send an email to zanas@sc.lzb.lt

2016-05-08

Come Celebrate Victory Day!

The Lithuanian Jewish Community, the Social Center and the Abi Men Zet Zich Club wish you a happy Victory Day, also known as VE Day in the West, and invite you to come out and honor our veterans of World War II at a ceremony to be held at 3:00 P.M. on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at the Lithuanian Jewish Community in Vilnius.

For further information please contact Žana Skudovičienė at 8 678 81514

2016-05-07

Launch of Ruth Reches’s Book for Lithuanians Beginning Hebrew

Ruth Reches is launching her new book “Iliustruotas hebrajų-lietuvių kalbų žodynėlis pradedantiesiems” [Illustrated Hebrew-Lithuanian Dictionary for Beginners] for teaching Hebrew to children whose native language is Lithuanian. The learning aid will help pupils understand better and acquire new material, while parents can use the book to follow the progress of their children.

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The book is useful for adults beginning Hebrew as well.

2016-05-06

Jazz Concert and Discussion May 13

Viačeslavas Ganelinas, Petras Vyšniauskas and Arkadijus Gotesmanas will perform improvisational jazz with a discussion at the JazzCellar 11 Club in Vilnius at 9:00 P.M. May 13. Come meet the legend.

The bar opens at 8:00 and reservations can only be made by telephone, +37068411382.

For more information and to purchase tickets, see:

http://www.tiketa.lt/LT/ganelinasvysniauskasgotesmanas_14621

2016-05-04

Campaign for Justice for Holocaust Survivors

Today, the World Jewish Restitution Organization is launching a grass-roots campaign to unite Jewish Holocaust survivors and younger generations in the ongoing effort for restitution of property stolen from Holocaust victims.

Please support this Call to Action and this international call for justice by signing this petition:
http://wjro.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c6386fad48760c74d93ecc4fb&id=7f2893a939&e=700ea8e007

In the Call to Action, Jehuda Evron, an 84-year-old Holocaust survivor and a longtime advocate for survivors and their families, asks younger generations to join the struggle for justice for survivors and their families and to ensure that their efforts continue after the last survivor has perished.

2016-05-03

Attend the March of the Living

The Lithuanian Jewish Community invites you to attend the annual March of the Living procession from the Ponar railroad station to the Ponar Holocaust Memorial and the commemorative ceremony following this on Holocaust Day (Yom ha Shoah) on Thursday, May 5.

The march will begin at 12:30 P.M. from the parking lot next to the railroad tracks in Ponar. A bus will take those wishing to attend but this year you will have to register beforehand (see more below). The bus will wait at the base of Kalinausko street in Vilnius near the Lithuanian Jewish Community, next to the Frank Zappa statue and the Central Clinic. Be ready to board by 11:15 A.M. because the bus will depart at 11:30 A.M. sharp.

The Embassy of Israel in Lithuania, the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum and the Lithuanian Jewish Community also invite you to attend events following the March of the Living at the Government House of the Republic of Lithuania including a ceremony to honor Lithuanian Righteous Gentiles at 3:30 P.M. the same day. Government House is located at Gedimino prospect No. 11, Vilnius. Please come early for this event, arriving by 2:30 P.M., with personal identification.

To register for the bus, the Government event or both, please send your intention to attend with your full name to info@lzb.lt or call (8 5) 2613 003 by April 29.

2016-05-03

New Space Created for LJC Youth

The Lithuanian Jewish Student Union is pleased to announce the beta phase of the project Moadon Helimudim. We have officially opened the doors to the new educational space where young people can meet daily. It includes computers, internet, wifi connection, and coffee and tea!

Please come in and make use of the new space at Pylimo street no. 4 in Vilnius.

Contact person: Ziv Atlas
For more information write lujsinfo@gmail.com with Moadon Halimudim in the subject line.
The space is open from 5:00 P.M. onward.

2016-04-29

Invitation to Literary Lecture “Hate is a Failure of Imagination”

The Tolerance Center of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum invites you to the literary lecture Hate is a Failure of Imagination.

It will take place on May 5, 2016, at 5:30 P.M.,

at the Tolerance Center, Naugarduko street no. 10/2, Vilnius.

Narrator Gregorij von Leïtis is a winner of the New York Theater Club Prize, founding artistic director of Elysium and president of the Lahr von Leïtis Academy & Archive.