The Sabbath begins at 3:55 P.M. on Friday, December 5, and concludes at 4:58 P.M. on Saturday in the Vilnius region. Sabbath candles should be lit at 3:37 P.M. and completed before sunset at 3:55 P.M. Saturday is Finnish Independence Day and Sunday is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in the United States.
The Palanga Jewish Community and the Jonas Šliūpas Museum in Palanga are holding an event to remember the courage displayed by the Righteous Gentiles, those who rescued Jews from the Holocaust. MEP professor Liudas Mažylis will share his insights and Palanga Jewish Community chairman Vilius Gutmanas will talk about his family’s experience. The Mažylis family rescued Jews and were recognized posthumously as Righteous Gentiles by Yad Vashem in 2006. The presentation and discussion will be in Lithuanian. The event is free and open to the public.
Time: 5:00 P.M., December 11
Place: Jonas Šliūpas Museum, Vytauto street no. 23A, Palanga
Hanukkah us more than just lighting the eight candles on the menorah, it’s a time to have a good time with family and friends, a time for children to play and adults to talk. With that in mind we invite you to the Waiting for Hanukkah celebration this Saturday, December 6 starting at 2:00 P.M. at the renovated Bagel Shop café now known as Pylimo 4 located at Pylimo street no. 4 in Vilnius. We’ll make doughnuts, spin the dreidl, play other games and sing and dance. Registration required by sending a request to levickajasimona@gmail.com.
The shtetl was bit just a tiwn, but a self-contained world where Jewish traditions were maintained, students attended the yeshiva, people were married and buried under the precepts of Judaism and almost everyone spoke Yiddish.
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Time: 6:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 4
Place: internet
Violinist Dalia Dėdinskaitė and pianist Walter Delahunt will perform selections from their new album at the album lauch at 6:30 P.M. on Wednesday, December 3 at the Samuel Bak Museum of the Vilna Gaon Jewish History Museum, Naugarduko street no. 10, Vilnius. The album is called Estrellita and features works by Litvak composers from Lithuania to Hollywood.
Life with Pastels is an exhibit of works by renowned Lithuanian visual artist Raimondas Savickas which opens at 6:00 P.M. on December 6 and runs till December 27 at the Savickas Picture Gallery, Tumo-Vaižganto street no. 5, Vilnius. A new exhibit of paintings by Savic;as also opens on December 30 at the Lithuanian Artists Union gallery at Vokiečių street no. 2.
In the run-up to Hanukkah, the Lithuanian Jewish Community invites you to an evening of live music and tables laden with holiday foods. The Shalom Band and other Jewish musicians will perform. The location is the Pylimo 4 café formerly known as the Bagel Shop café located at Pylimo street no. 4 in Vilnius. It all happens early Saturday evening on December 13.
Hanukkah is on the way and the Lithuanian Jewish Community invites you to celebrate the festival of lights together at the LJC located at Pylimo street no.4 in Vilnius. Come witness the lighting of the lights, try holiday foods and enjoy the live music. It all happens on December 19, 20 and 21. For more information and to make a reservation, sebd ab enail to info@lzb.lt.
The Sabbath begins at 4:00 P.M. on Friday, November 28, and concludes at 5:01 P.M. on Saturday in the Vilnius region. Sabbath candles should be lit at 3:42 P.M. and completed before sunset at 4:00 P.M. Thursday, November 27, is Thanksgiving.
The Litvak Culture and Identity Museum of the Vilna Gaon Jewish History Museum will show a short film by Shoshana Simons called “Fifty Voice across the Shtetl Multiverse on Saturday at 12:30 P,M. This will be followed by a discussion with the audience and a violin performance by Morgan Rosario Maruthiah, followed by bagel snacks. Registration required by clicking here,
Time: 12:30 P.M., Saturday, November 29
Place: Litvak Culture and Identity Museum, Pylimo street no. 4A, Vilnius
The Sabbath begins at 4:08 P.M. on Friday, November 21, and concludes at 5:07 P.M. on Saturday in the Vilnius region. Sabbath candles should be lit at 3:50 P.M. and completed before sunset at 4:08 P.M. Thursday, November 20, is World Pancreatic Cancer Day.
Psychologist, teacher and principal of the Sholem Aleichem Gymnasium Ruth Reches continues to offer Hebrew courses ti the general public at Sholem Aleichem on Sundays. Classes resume December 7, including an advanced group.
Schedule:
9:30 A.M. – 11:00 A.M. Level 3
11:15 A.M. – 12:45 P.M. Level 2
It all takes place on Sundays at the Sholem Aliechem ORT Gymnasium located at Kraševskio street no. 5 in Vilnius. Registration is required, contact ruthreches@gmail.com.
The Sabbath begins at 4:18 P.M. on Friday, November 14, and concludes at 5:16 P.M. on Saturday in the Vilnius region. Sabbath candles should be lit at 4:00 P.M. and completed before sunset at 4:18 P.M.
Natalja Cheifec continues her discussion club on the internet at 6:00 P.M. Thursday. To participate, get zoom credentials here.
The team of the fotmer Bagel Shop Café, now called Pylimo 4 (the street address) is pleased to announce a Sabbath celebration featuring vegetarian dishes inspired by Fania Lewando from Vilnius, the author of a vegetarian cookbook published in Yiddish in 1938.
It happens this Friday, November 14. The menu pays tribute to Lewando’s cuisine which reflects Litvak traditions. Participants are asked to donate €22 per diner, but smaller donations are also very acceptable. The point is to celebrate the Sabbath together. To suggest dishes, for more information amd to register, send an email to gut.shabbos.vilnius@gmail.com.
The Sabbath begins at 4:30 P.M. on Friday, November 7, and concludes at 5:26 P.M. on Saturday in the Vilnius region. Sabbath candles should be lit at 4:12 P.M. and completed before sunset at 4:30 P.M. Saturday is Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day in Germany. Sunday is Remembrance Sunday in the United Kingdom and Tuesday is Veterans Day in the United States.
Lithuanian saxophone prodigy Petras Vyšniauskas and pianist Aleksandra Žvirblytė will perform a program of works by Jewish, Litvak and other composers called Dialogue on Thursday, November 13, at the Lithuanian Jewish Community in Vilnius.
Prior registration is required by filling out the internet form here.
Time: 6:00 P.M., November 13
Place: LJC, Vilnius
Natalja Cheifec continues her lecture topic from last week, the Messiah, this Thursday at 6:00 P.M.
Register to participate here.
Time: 6:00 P.M., Thursday, November 6
Place: internet
The Sabbath begins at 4:44 P.M. on Friday, October 31, and concludes at 5:38 P.M. on Saturday in the Vilnius region. Sabbath candles should be lit at 4:26 P.M. and completed before sunset at 4:44 P.M. November 1 is All Saints’ Day.
Pianist Gintaras Januševičius has inspired Lithuanian audiences with his concert programs in recent years. Now he’s taking inspiration from his own family.
“My grandmother was Jewish and lived in Novosibirsk, Tashkent and near the end of her life in Haifa,” Januševičius said.
Januševičius is calling this new concert program Freylakh, literally “happy” in Yiddish, but usually denoting a happy song, plural freylakhs.
“This program is a reflection of her smile, optimism and strength,” Januševičius said.
The program includes works by Mendelssohn, Gerschwin, Schulhoff and others.