Roza Bloch has passed away. She was born in 1930 in Kaunas, survived the Kaunas ghetto, the Kaunas concentration camp and the Stutthof concentration camp. Almost her entire family was murdered, excepting her maternal grandparents who also survived the Holocaust. She repatriated from the Soviet Union with her family to Israel in 1973. She was a long-standing member of the Association of Lithuanian Jews in Israel and served on its board of directors. We extend our deepest condolences on her loss to her friends and family, members of the Association and to all who knew and loved her.
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Rima Rapoport has died. She was born in 1944. Our deepest condolences go to her daughter Natalija, son Ilja and her many, many friends and family.
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Jozelis Traubergas has passed away. He was born in 1940 and was a client of the Saul Kagan Welfare Center. Our deepest condolences to his wife and children.
LJC Statement on Machester Synagogue Attack
The Lithuanian Jewish Community is shocked by the events in Manchester and expresses our deepest condolences to the families of the victims and to the entire British Jewish community.
“This brital attack again reminds us of the danger which is posed by the ever-deepening hate and anti-Semitism which is taking root in society/ Eighty years ago European Jews experienced how that ends” more than 96% of Lithuanian Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. Evil often begins from lesser things which might seem insignificant at the time–apatjy, averted glamces–so we must be especially vigilant right now to insure history doesn’t repeat itself,” Lithuanian Jewish Community chairwoman Faina Kukliansky said.
We pray for the victims and wish strength and resolution to everyone battling hate.
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We extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the two people killed and to the four wounded and still in hospital, killed and wounded at the hand of an Islamic terrorist on Yom Kippur. in Manchester, England. Our deepest condolences to the entire congregation and the Manchester Jewish community. May their memory be a blessing.
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Aldona Raf has died. She was born in 1936. She was a member of the Lithuanian Jewish Community and a client of the Saul Kagan Welfare Center. Oir deepest condolences to her friends and family.
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Mira Imbrasas has died. She was born ub 1937. She was a member of the Lithuanian Jewish Community and a client of the Saul Kagan Welfare Center. We extend our deep condolences to her daughter and many friends and family.
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Sofia Vysotskaya (Sofja Vysockaja) has died. She was born in 1952. She was a client of the Saul Kagan Welfare Center and a member of the Lithuanian Jewish Community. We extend our most sincere condolences to the son and daughter left behind.
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Raisa Savalyeva has passed away. She was born in 1934. She was a member of the Lithuanian Jewish Community and a client of the Saul Kagan Welfare Center. Our deepest condolences go to the son she leaves behind and all who knew and loved her.
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Ilya Arkhangorodsky (Ilja Archangorodskis) has passed away. He was born in 1931. He was a member of the Lithuanian Jewish Community and a client of the Saul Kagan Welfare Center. We extend our deepest condolences to his friends and family.
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Ana Rolnik passed away July 2. She was born in 1935. She was a member of the Lithuanian Jewish Community and a client of the Saul Kagan Welfare Center. Our deepest condolences to the sister she leaves behind, Berta Rolnik.
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Telesforas Laucevičius gas passed away. He was born in 1942 and was a member of the Lithuanian Jewish Community and a client of the Saul Kagan Welfare Center. Our deepest condolences to his wife, family members and all who knew him.
Trump Expresses Condolences over Shooting of Israeli Diplomats in US Capital
President Donald Trump called Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday to express condolences and his personal shock for the murder of two Israeli embassy personnel in Washington, D.C., Yaron Liszczynski and Sarah Milgrim.
Netanyahu thanked Trump for the efforts he and his administration have made to fight anti-Semitism in the United States.
The shooter Elias Rodriguez targeted an AJC event for young diplomats at the Capital Jewish Museum near the Israeli embassy. This was the first successful assassination of a foreign diplomat in Washington, D.C., since the car-bomb killing of former Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier in 1976.
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Genia Žuromskienė has passed away. She was born in 1944. The Lithuanian Jewish Community and chairwoman Faina Kukliansky extend our deepest condolenes to the sister, relatives and friends she leaves behind.
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Julija Ruminienė has passed away. She was born in 1938. She was a member of the Šiauliai Jewish Community and a client of the Saul Kagan Welfare Center. Our deepest condolences to the children and friends she leaves behind.
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Sofija Estrina has died. She was born in 1936. She was a member of the Lithuanian Jewish Community and a client of the Saul Kagan Welfare Center. Our deepest condolences to her surviving son, family members and friends.
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Ada Gelpernaitė has passed away. She was born in 1960. She was a member of the Lithuanian Jewish Community and a client of the Saul Kagan Welfare Center. Our deepest condolences to the brother she leaves behind and her many family and friends.
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Pope Francis I, pontifex, builder of bridges and the vicar of Rome, passed away Monday at the age of 88 from respiratory complications. He was born in 1936 in Buenos Aries, Argentina. A friend of all religions, the Lithuanian Jewish Community extends our deepest condolences to all his friends and followers around the world in and outside the Catholic Church. May his memory be a blessing to us all.
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Jonas Karbutas has died. He was born in 1940. He was a member of the Kaunas Jewish Community and a client of the Saul Kagan Welfare Center. Our deepest condolences to his family and friends.
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Faivel Kuras has died. He was a singer for the Fayerlakh Jewish song and dance ensemble. The Lithuanian Jewish Community and Fayerlakh extend our deepest condolences to his widow Irina, children, grandchildren and many friends.