The Sabbath begins at 8:08 P.M. on Friday, August 25, and concludes at 9:25 P.M. on Saturday in the Vilnius region.
Youth Seminar in Latvia
People aged 18 to 40 are invited to attend a seminar for participants from the Baltic states and the Ukraine from September 14 to 17. There is also the possibility for children aged 6 to 12 to attend as well.
The seminar will include a Jewish New Year/Rosh Hashana celebration and participants will learn about European social programs and spend evenings with the Erasmus+ program group.
The seminar will be held at the seaside Minhauzena Unda Hotel.
Register here: https://forms.gle/h5K55tfGKziBPpca8
European Day of Jewish Culture Events in Vilnius
September 3rd is coming. The first Sunday in autumn, the day the Lithuanian Jewish Community will again celebrate the European Day of Jewish Culture, a day the Community has celebrated for a decade now. As in previous years, all events across Europe to celebrate the day are modeled on a general theme. This year it’s memory. This topic is like a bridge leading to the Jewish cultural legacy which remains to a great extent unknown by the wider population. #Atmintis or Memory doesn’t end on the first Sunday in September, of course, and in September and October the Lithuanian Jewish Community will hold and coordinate events throughout Lithuania.
Below you’ll find the events program for September 3, all of which are free and open to everyone.
Register here: https://bit.ly/459c4nZ
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Sabbath Times
The Sabbath begins at 8:27 P.M. on Friday, August 18, and concludes at 9:44 P.M. on Saturday in the Vilnius region.
Sunday Quiz on Great Litvak Artists
This Sunday’s quiz will test your knowledge of Litvak artists, their influence on art history, what stands out in their work and why Litvak artists are important on the world stage. Prizes are to include falafels, wine and other goodies. It all takes place starting at 5:00 P.M. on Sunday, August 20, at the Israeli street food kiosk in Petras Cvirka Square across the street from the Lithuanian Jewish Community in Vilnius. Everyone is welcome.
Rosh Hashana Reminder
Rosh Hashana is coming up on September 15 and 16 and we hope you decide to usher in the new year 5784 with us. Stay tuned for more information about events and celebrations.
Outdoor Israeli Dance Classes Continue
Julija Patašnik continues her outdoor Israeli dance workshops with the next meeting from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. on Friday, August 18, at the Israeli street food kiosk in Petras Cvirka Square in the park across the street from the Lithuanian Jewish Community in Vilnius. Everyone is welcome regardless of age or dancing ability.
Discussion Club on Litvak Artists in Lithuania and the World
The #ŽydiškiPašnekesiai Jewish discussion club is to discuss the influence Litvak painters have had and do have on Western art styles. It’s not a one-way street, of course: Litvak artists were also influenced by primitivism, Renaissance realism, impressionism, surrealism, pop-art and so on. So of course one hour won’t suffice. We’ll have to go minimalist this time around. Panel speakers include Shmuel Tatz from New York, a serious art collector, and Raimondas Savickas, a serious artist, along with a number of other experts, thinkers and artists.
Location: Israel street food kiosk in Petras Cvirka Square, Vilnius.
Time: 5:00 P.M., Wednesday, August 16
Sabbath Times
The Sabbath begins at 8:42 P.M. on Friday, August 11, and concludes at 10:03 P.M. on Saturday in the Vilnius region.
Seeking Cemetery Keeper
The Lithuanian Jewish Community is seeking to hire an administrator for the Jewish section of the cemetery on Sudervės road in Vilnius. The job entails serving visitors, working with burial documents and upkeep, maintenance and supervision of the Jewish cemetery. Applicants must be computer literate and speak Russian, Hebrew and English. Write info@lzb.lt or call +370 652 09915 for more information and to apply.
Sabbath Times
The Sabbath begins at 8:57 P.M. on Friday, August 4, and concludes at 10:21 P.M. on Saturday in the Vilnius region.
Rugelakh Now Available at Bagel Shop Café
As the Lithuanian Jewish Community counts down the days to the New Year 5784, the Bagel Shop Café has come up with some new menu items. One of them is rugelakh, the amazing pastry traditionally served during Shavuot and Rosh Hashanah. The name comes from the Yiddish root “rugel” meaning little twist or tie.
Sabbath Times
The Sabbath begins at 9:10 P.M. on Friday, July 28, and concludes at 10:38 P.M. on Saturday in the Vilnius region.
Tisha B’Av
Thursday, July 27 is the ninth day of the month of Av, Tisha b’Av, on the Jewish calendar.
Tisha b’Av commemorates the destruction of the First Temple of Solomon ca. 587 BCE and the Second Temple in 70 CE in Jerusalem and is traditionally a day of fasting and mourning. Observance includes five prohibitions, the main one being a 25-hour fast. The Book of Lamentations is read in the synagogue followed by the recitation of kinos, liturgical dirges for the Temple and Jerusalem. Since the day has become associated with other major Jewish tragedies, some kinos recall other events, including the murder of the Ten Martyrs in ancient Rome, pogroms against medieval Jewish communities and the Holocaust.
According to tradition, the sin of the Ten Spies is the real origin of Tisha b’Av. In the Book of Numbers, 13:1-33 when the Israelites accepted their false report of the Promised Land, they wept, thinking God could not help them. The night the people wept and wailed was the ninth day of Av, which then became a day of weeping and misfortune for all time, according to tradition, following which the Jews were made to wander the desert for 40 years.
Sabbath Times
The Sabbath begins at 9:21 P.M. on Friday, July 21, and concludes at 10:54 P.M. on Saturday in the Vilnius region.
Jewish Dance Quiz
You’ve watched the discussion, perhaps even attended the live dance lesson component, so now it’s time to test your knowledge of Jewish dance with a quiz.
Participants are to meet at 5:00 P.M. on Friday, July 21, at the Israeli street food kiosk in Petras Cvirka Square across the street from the Lithuanian Jewish Community in Vilnius.
Julija Patašnik will lead an Israeli dance presentation after the quiz with quiz participants invited to join.
Shalom, Akmenė Event Returns
The third annual iteration of the Shalom, Akmenė event in the European Days of Jewish Culture series was held at the Akmenė Palace of Culture over the weekend, educating locals on Jewish culture, life and heritage.
The Lithuanian Jewish Community’s Bagel Shop Café brought baskets of fresh bagels and Litvak snacks to the event. The Jewish market as well. Participants talked about Jewish cuisine and especially bagels, and shared the history and best recipes for this world-renowned food item.
The theme for the upcoming 2023 European Days of Jewish Culture is memory. The European Days of Jewish Culture will conclude this year on September 3 with an event in Vilnius.
Some snapshots from the most recent Shalom, Akmenė event can be found here.
Sabbath Times
The Sabbath begins at 9:30 P.M. on Friday, July 14, and concludes at 11:09 P.M. on Saturday in the Vilnius region.
Discussion Club and Dance Lesson
The #ŽydiškiPašnekesiai Jewish discussion club invites you to an unusual meeting this Friday on the tpoic of Jewish dance, outside, with a dance lesson.
Participants are to include Fayerlakh director and dancer Larisa Vyšniauskienė, Ladino dance expert and actress Lina Žemaitytė and others, moderated by Arkadijus Vinokuras. The discussion and dancing happens at 6:00 P.M. on Friday, July 14, at Cvirka Park across the street from the Lithuanian Jewish Community in Vilnius.
Sabbath Times
The Sabbath begins at 9:37 P.M. on Friday, July 7, and concludes at 11:21 P.M. on Saturday in the Vilnius region.