Jewish history

Government decides to transfer property for use of Lithuanian Jewish communities

The Government has decided to transfer the premises of the Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History in Vilnius, Pylimo St 4, to the ownership of the Foundation...

Diana Nausėdienė and Queen Mathilde opened an exhibition by a Litvak artist

During the state visit of the king and the queen of the Belgians to Lithuania, First Lady Diana Nausėdienė and Queen Mathilde visited the Vilna Gaon Museum...

PM: Vilnius sports palace could become Jewish history museum and memorial (1)

The now derelict Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports in central Vilnius could become a museum or memorial dedicated to the history of Lithuanian Jews,...

Kaunas 2022 memory program will build bridges between different cultures, religions and languages

In 2022, the Kaunas 2022 program “Memory Office” will invite the audience to a year-long cultural research of Kaunas DNA. An extremely rich and...

Nausėda gifts Vilna Gaon coin to Israeli president

A coin bearing the image of the Vilna Gaon has been presented to Israeli President Reuven Riblin on behalf of Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda.