The time has come for us to mourn the passing of the living legend Ben Rabinowitz (1933-2023)
The time has come for us to mourn the passing of the living legend Ben Rabinowitz. Ben was “one of a kind”. As a young man he was granted a Rhodes…
Recordings of Birzai Jewish memorial event 2021
Biržai Jewish - Holocaust victims -Remembrance ceremonies with the "Road of Memory" and Tribute to Jewish Rescuers. Professional TV (Zoom TV) LiveStream recording on YouTube Channel with English Translation -…
Personal Story in Moral Holocaust Education
Jūratė Baranova Vilnius University, Philosophy Institute, Education Institute The author of this article graduated from the high school in Lithuania at Soviet time. She was rather good at history, but…
Mr. Abel Levitt and Mrs. Glenda Levitt awarded with the Medal of Honor “Lithuanian Diplomacy Star”
Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the State of Israel Edminas Bagdonas has awarded Mr. Abel Levitt and Mrs. Glenda Levitt with the Medal of Honor of the Ministry…
In the middle of June – week of Biržai Jewish history, culture and remembrance
Biržai Jewish Culture and History Society, Biržai Region Museum ‘Sėla’ and Biržai District Municipality invite everyone to visit Biržai Jewish history, culture and remembrance week events; on the most important…
Birzai-Birzh Jews on 1937
The Excel file Jewish land plots…. is a list of Birzai Jewish property owners from 1937. The list also includes the parcel number of the properties, the street address from…
Birzai memorial – to name victims
Birzai memorial only third in Lithuanian killing fields to name the victims TALI FEINBERG, February 2019, SA JEWISH REPORT More than 90% of the Jews in Lithuania were murdered and…
Birzai Jewish Old Cemetery
Book about the Birzai Jewish old cemetery (with catalog, the map and the list of graves with names) Link: http://sefer.ru/Birzhai.1-376%20(19.06).pdf (the book is in Russian language with Lithuanian and English summary) Also, you can…
Invitation to the Birzai Jewish – Holocaust victims – Memorial event on 2021
Birzai Jewish Culture and History Society We invite you next year (2021) to participate in Jewish memorial week in Birzai-Birzh. A conference, a shabbat evening, a ceremony to honor savers…