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.
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
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 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.
October 18 students from the Juventos pre-gymnasium arrived early at the Šiauliai Regional Jewish Community for a special day of lessons on Jewish culture, history, tradition and customs. Teachers Aurelija Dirginčienė, Loreta Stankuvienė and Gaiva Šimonienė delivered the lessons. Šiauliai Regional Jewish Community chairwoman Rašella Galinienė and Oser Gleizer answered the cikdren’s questions. There are plans to include more of the school’s student body in future lesson days.
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.
On October 18 Švenčionys Jewish Community chairman Moshe Shapiro, MP Emanuelis Zingeris and a number of local officials and residents as well as educators from Lithuania and abroad attended an event in Pabradė called Memory Written in Stone. The event was held by the Paribio Pažinimo Centras as part of a borader project to memorialize locations where synagogues once stood.
During this event two stone markers were erected at the site of two former synagogues. The Pabradė Fanfare Orchestra provided musical accompaniment.
Natalja Cheifec continues her lecture topic from last week, the Messiah, this Thursday at 6:00 P.M.
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Time: 6:00 P.M., Thursday, November 6
Place: internet
NEW YORK —The World Jewish Congress has welcomed the remarks of Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday unequivocally condemned anti-Semitism during his general audience at the Vatican.
Addressing thousands of faithful the Pope said: “All my predecessors have condemned anti-Semitism with clear words,” adding, “I too confirm that the Church does not tolerate anti-Semitism and fights against it, on the basis of the Gospel itself.”
WJC president Ronald S. Lauder praised the Pope’s message calling it “an extraordinarily positive and deeply meaningful gesture.”
“At a time when Jews are facing the greatest persecution since the Second World War, the Pope’s message carries profound fraternal meaning,” Lauder said. “Gestures like this inspire us to strengthen the bonds between Jews and Catholics, and to work together for a world of greater co-existence among religions, in the pursuit of peace.”
The Pope’s statement comes as the Catholic Church marks the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the landmark declaration of the Second Vatican Council which transformed Jewish-Catholic relations and established a foundation of mutual respect and dialogue.
Full statement here.
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.
Natalja Cheifec continues her lecture and discussions series withe topic of Messiah, including:
The Messiah in Judaism;
Exile and liberation from suffering;
The agony of Creation;
Darkness before dawn;
Conciliation and resurrection.
She will also discuss the appearance of the Messiah on an ass, what happens when he appears, the disposition of Israel following the rebuilding of the Temple, the Final Judgment and the resurrection of the dead. To receive zoom credentials, click here.
Time: 6:00 P.M., Thursday, October 30
Place: internet
The Jewish song and dance ensemble Fayerlakh performed Sunday in Simnas as the final act in the celebration of the 120th birthday of the synagogue there and of the former Jewish community in the small town.
Members of the audience had the chance to sample traditional Jewish foods and learn more about the shtetl.
The Sabbath begins at 5:59 P.M. on Friday, October 24, and concludes at 6:52 P.M. on Saturday in the Vilnius region. Sabbath candles should be lit at 5:41 P.M. and completed before sunset at 5:59 P.M.
Members of the Panevėžys Jewish Community and Panevėžys municipal officials visited the Lost Shtetl Museum in Šeduva October 17.
Panevėžys Jewish Community chairman Gennady Kofmanas.presented a new Jewish calendar to museum staff.