Litvaks on the Streets of Israel

27 Sep 2018 — 7 Jan 2019 at the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania

10 December 2018

Litvaks on the Streets of Israel. Courtesy of Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum

On September 27, exhibition “Litvaks on the Streets of Israel” was opened in the museum’s Tolerance Center.

The guests of the opening event were greeted by the curator of the exhibition Aušra Rožankevičiūtė, authors of the exhibition Roza Litay and Dr. Carol Hoffman and Ambassador of Israel to Lithuania Amir Maimon. The event was moderated by the head of museum’s Education and Visitors Information Department Irina Pocienė.

The exhibition, inspired by Israeli streets named after prominent Litvaks, will be exhibited in the museum‘s Tolerance Center (Naugarduko St. 10/2, Vilnius) until January 7, 2019.