The White Synagogue of Joniškis (Lithuanian: Joniškio Baltoji sinagoga) is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 4a Miesto Square, in...
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"Joniškis Red Synagogue". World Monuments Fund. Retrieved August 14, 2024. "Red Synagogue (Great Beit Midrash) in Joniškis". Historic Synagogues of Europe...
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town of Joniškis was built around it. The bishop of Vilnius named the town Joniškis after his own name Jonas. Joniškis was on the crossroad of important...
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needs of American Jews. Some Musar groups have no connection with synagogues, but a number of synagogues have started programs for the study of Musar...
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Ponary massacre (category World War II prisoner of war massacres by Nazi Germany)
the Paneriai massacre (Lithuanian: Panerių žudynės), was the mass murder of up to 100,000 people, mostly Jews, Poles, and Russians, by German SD and SS...
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The Choral Synagogue of Vilnius (Lithuanian: Vilniaus choralinė sinagoga), officially, Taharat Ha-Kodesh Choral Synagogue in Vilnius, is an Orthodox Jewish...
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independent Council of the Land of Lithuania. 1630–1633 – The Great Synagogue of Vilna is founded on the site of Vilnius' original synagogue. 1648 – During...
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Synagogue, officially, the Great City Synagogue in Vilna, also the Great Synagogue of Vilnius, is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue...
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Kaunas Synagogue, also known as the Choral Ohel Yaakov Synagogue (Lithuanian: Kauno choralinė sinagoga), is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located...
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Kaunas massacre of October 29, 1941, also known as the Great Action, was the largest mass murder of Lithuanian Jews. By the order of SS-Standartenführer...
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